Eritrea

[TigeDeJade]

OMG, she's pretty. Tell us that she is not a starfish. I have never had a good luck with Ethiopians, pretty though they may have been.

Sorry I do not understand slang English only dictionary English: What does it means?

[Vittu]

OMG, she's pretty. Tell us that she is not a starfish. I have never had a good luck with Ethiopians, pretty though they may have been.

[TigeDeJade]

I am too grateful to this site not to contribute, even if with delay. But I record all my daily action on a little pad in my mother language.

I stayed one month in February 2010 again in Eritrea (cf. Precedent memo February 2009).

So infos from this time.

I came from Europe with LUFTHANSA (898 E)- as I enjoyed SANAA the previous year with YEMENIA. But to be seen once in consideration of troubled political situation. (The other option from Europe or US is EGYPTAIR, but fatal crash statistics of this company is not good).

Landed on due time at ASMARA airport (around 22 pm);

Usual disorder in the goods and currencies declaration area.

First very important act in ERITREA: declaration of all your currencies.

But on entry, it is purely declarative, they never control. They control your remaining currencies in hand when you leave and compare with this precious document "Currency Declaration" which you kept and made stamped each time you exchanged at Official Exchange Bureaux.

This time to subsidise my anticipated debauche, I underdeclared my currencies of USD 300. As pocket money to pay girls in US cash as they change it afterwards at least at double of official regulated rate (in fact I did not spent so much in one month)

Accordingly, when you know a girl you ask her if she prefers USD to local Nakfa. Usually she prefers USD and you pay her at black market rate and not official rate.

But if you pay her in US and that you have not underdeclared. You will be squeezed when leaving as you will not be in capacity to show a remaining amount of currency in hand in accordance with initial airport declaration and official conversions in town.

You will be blocked at the airport, convinced of black market traffic and have to rely on your Embassy to take you out of the problem!

Straight to the point: I put 10 USD in the handbag of my sweet Helen (cf. Infra), after each night I spent with her. Instead of 300 Nkf (minimum equivalent to USD 20 at official rate)

You divise by two your lust cost!

More cheap, than cheap!

I advise highly this method as I shall never take the risk in this country to exchange money at black market rate to unknown persons (even if sometimes some –seldom- guys offer you black market exchange, especially near the central market of ASMARA)

Official rate is 1 USD = 15 Nkf

Black market rate is 30 Nkf (or over)

I settled again at BOLOGNA hotel (400 Nakfa per night in standard room –exist cheaper and more expansive rooms in the hotel) that I find good compromise between the center of the city and the center of "action" (15 mn by foot of GREEN PUB; AIBA, EXPO).

I discovered this time LION Hotel, same range of rate –to be negociated at least 10% when you stay over 3 nights (roughly similar location but opposite to the main road); also in a quite area, with more reputed restaurant (especially for pizza), as BOLOGNA is very basic for food. Also sauna in LION I did not explore. And probably girls to meet coming to have a drink there –which are non existent in BOLOGNA. Rooms seem similar.

But I became a good friend of the owner of BOLOGNA, Mr BRAHANI (speaks only tigrigna and italian –who even offered me to tour with him to Filfil, in his big 4x4, nice valley impossible to reach by bus. But he was told at 10km from ASMARA, at a check point, that he was not entitled to go there with a tourist in a private car!

You have now to get an approval to leave ASMARA for the small number of places allowed to foreigners (MASSAWA, KEREN, DECEMHARE) each time, 48 h before you want to leave ASMARA; and cannot get a global approval once at the beginning of your stay (it was still possible in 2009).

ACTION:

Arrived by night at airport; knowing the place and the rule, already enthusiastic and horny, I took a shower at BOLOGNA and left by foot in the night to GREEN PUB of ASMARA PALACE. I was there around 1 am on a Friday night.

1) Deaf and dumb experience:

Few girls as usual.

I observed the scene.

One guy after a talk and drink picked one.

Her friend looked attractive and when he left, I came near her: very thin, nice dress, superb.

Another friend of her came immediately. As I discovered that she was deaf and dumb!

But through her friend and very active to write on her mobile phone, she asked for 800 Nkf. Remembering my past year rates I found it awful (in fact in GREEN PUB the rates are completely foolish when you are unknown, as it is the place where one night businessmen or international civil servants will spend one night. The girls start high; one of the first question of the girls there is: how long you stay. As they are available for stability and in that case accept to reduce there rate).

I finally negociated at 500 Nkf (USD 33 at official rate –as I did not know her, I paid her official in Nfk exchanged at airport booth. Same rate than anywhere. Socialist organisation). She also asked for 100 Nfk for "taxi" for her interpret girl friend.

Costly night. But so decided not to wait for the next night!

With taxis: final damage: 700 Nkf (USD 47). Not to talk of a good action for a disabled girl. But not disabled in all matters! Sweet disabled funding!

Superb model body in bed.

Her name was Sevon (useless as I could not talk with her!)

Nicely shaved and nicest clit I saw in Eritrea! She used it for massage.

She wanted to enjoy: for that she started to rub her clit and sex on my balls, which made her wet. I could not resist and fucked her lavishly.

She was using her mobile for communication even in bed. Funny experience!

Starting to sleep at 3 am. My discontent came from the fact she decided to leave at 5. 30. Making me awake to pay her!

2) From next night: (I shall call her) Sweetie

On next night, I had a dinner with an international friend in LION, then he led me discover a place I had not visited the year before but I wanted to know, as I had observed a movement of girls between GREEN PUB of ASMARA PALACE and this place located 100 m in direction of the airport, the previous year.

Various groups of local people there and a thin girl was drinking alone, not far from our table.

My friend had already his "regular" and was not looking for any other.

I called her to come to chat with us. So she did. Nice doll smile.

I immediately observed her thin legs in her jeans, nice little buttocks (usually fat in Eritrea, with exceptions).

After a chatting time, I put my hand on her thigh, she smiled and looked happy. She was more than happy to come with me to my hotel.

She told me she preferred to take shower alone (?)

But then, she started by a long and sweet BBBJ; then I had a long fucking session I enjoyed.

She was always smiling and cheerful as I like girls in bed.

Then I spent a good night. Especially as the previous night had been with too much disruptions.

By 9 am in the morning as I was still half sleeping, she dressed herself, then came to me, I was completely naked on the bed of course.

Fully dressed, she came to kiss me, before leaving. But started by my most intimate parts: she licked everything from my dick to my balls and my ass. As I was still half awake it was probably the best session of my life. She expected that I come in her mouth as I observed she had prepared a Kleenex, but I told her I wanted to fuck her again. She undressed immediately and I fucked her from the back, lying half sleepy behind her on a side, to have my balls shrubbing her little buttocks.

I spent Sunday afternoon at he swimming pool of ASMARA PALACE where I subscribed a one month Fitness club (fitness instruments+ pools): 2 772 Nkf (140 E)

I had fixed new meeting with her at AMERICAN BAR in the center of the city; dinner at ALBA BISTRO; then back to bed.

ASMARA is not Pattaya: if you want permanent variety, it is not the place.

She had the qualities of sweetness I was looking for; thin; about 23; always smiling, she told me officially married in bed as her tits were not perfect, she told me to have a child –as all the girls I met in this country (doubtful for the deaf and dumb?)

In fact after two stay of one month in February 2009 and 2010, I could never understand the complexity of family life of these girls. They come pregnant relatively young, not because of lack of pills or abortion (allowed) but to obtain sweeter or exemption of military service. The children are with a grand parent or the husband. You cannot understand if the husband is a "paper husband" for administrative advantages, or a chosen husband; what he does (of course necessarily under compulsory service as it is a duty up to 40, if he is on the battle fields or anywhere else,), if he is aware of the "outside activities of his supposed wife(?); if in fact they have a common life or not?. (For Sweetie she told me she wanted to avoid restaurants and bars in the center of the city because she did not want to be seen with me by relatives; and when we travelled by bus, she told me that for control reasons at check points, she preferred not to be sat near me –and clearly she was questioned by the police on the reason of her trip to MASSAWA when we travelled. Probably the fact that her husband was not with her)

Typical semi-pro whose private life and will remain to me a mystery, as the private life of my 2009 girlfrends.

The difference is that Sweetie was very respectful of her President (ISSAYAS), even told me she knew one of his sons (not as boyfriend she added). Very different of Nardi and Shalom, my girlfriends of 2009, wanting to leave that country at any cost (I heard that Shalom's "husband" had been caught when trying to escape through Sudan and was subsequently in jail. And I did not see Shalom in town this time.)

I explained to Sweetie that in 2009, I had had two girl friends I had not yet contacted, but that I would give her a preference. I told her that I was giving 10 USD in 2009 as it was the "long term" (at least one week) standard rate (in fact in 2009, I paid 300 Nkf, so double, because official rate). She fully agreed.

I told her I did not want to talk of money anymore. The matter was settled. Each morning when she was in the bathroom, I put a 10 USD note in her handbag.

She told me that she had had an Italian boy friend during 6 months (and in line with that, she always called me "amora") and an Irich boy friend during two months.

Things were clear.

Time passed happily for the coming days: I observed she liked most was when I was going as deep as possible in her welcoming vase.

On daytime I was walking in the city, going to fitness club and swimming pool to read and swim under the fair weather of ASMARA in February: 25°; very seldom cloudy.

Unfortunately Sweetie younger brother (12 years old) had a car accident and the family had to take turns at the hospital for him. So usually I get my dinner alone and she was coming to join me directly to my hotel's room by 10pm when I was reading or looking at TV.

One point to know is that all hotels in ASMARA are GF. But the first time you come with a girl, reception checks her ID; she has to be registered on the register and to sign it. Then she is allowed to join.

Afterwards, she is attached to your room and is allowed to come to knock at your door. Till you do not change girl. In that case, that will be your new "regular" who will become "girl of the room". Nice country isn'it! And of course, no discussion, it runs automatic, no tipping, no bargain: a pure and honest socialist country! But they respect strictly registration as they are severely controlled.

Sweetie had agreed to accompany me to MASSAWA. She was happy to travel with me

It was a cheap investment to keep my sweetness with me as the bus cost 30 Nkf per person (!) for 80 km in a splendid scenery! (plus 80 Nkf per luggage).

What is more costly is the taxi necessarily "on contract" (I. E. For you alone): 300 Nkf between MASSAWA city and GURGUSSUM resort, around 8 km far.

(On "contract" in ASMARA, taxi costs 50Nkf and on collective basis 5 Nkf. Using same routes than buses which cost is 1 Nkf)

Just the cost of food to add when you are two, very cheap,. And you enjoy also your cheap sensual food!

Accordingly it is not advisable to imagine (especially by night) to pick a girl in MASSAWA to bring her in your bed to GURGUSSUM. And the choice of girls in MASSAWA, pro for seamen, appeared to me absolutely awful in 2009. Conclusion: either you stay in MASSAWA, or you stay on the beach in GURGUSSUM.

I stayed 4 nights in GURGUSSUM (473 Nkf per night) with Sweetie: we bathed; I walked on the beach maybe 5 km or more: sand never ends there on the Red sea coast, bird watching, joining desert nomads camps.

Total relaxation of senses.

Never choose HAMASIEN hotel (about 3 km farer on the beach: very old uncomfortable hotel).

Helen was always doing what I wanted to please me.

I was as an old stump enjoying the freshness of a young shoot.

As she liked deep penetration, she was like a koala always climbing an old trunk (I am 63).

Nice little frog always caressing, using her hand to excite more my most intimate parts, licking, sucking, with sessions of more than an hour in evening and morning; with her smile and kindness; and the delicacy to go to the shower before session on the morning for me to feel her fresh body on my devoted structure before starting.

As we did I strongly suggest to go to MASSAWA before or after GURGUSSUM, not during that stay: too expansive.

Accordingly, as I had already visited MASSAWA in 2009, I stayed only one night with Sweetie in MASSAWA at Hotel Central (573 Nkf) correct but average. Its merit is the terrace on the sea (no beach in MASSAWA). Red Sea Hotel is more comfortable. And a brand new hotel was in process to open. But it will be probably very expansive (80 USD or more).

MASSAWA: astonishing city; wide deserted avenues in "new MASSAWA" and buildings still destroyed as if bombing was yesterday (it was in 1990!) in "old MASSAWA" –including the Governors' palace, you visit alone among the marble rubbles.

3) Surprise: Nardi, last year girl friend!

ASMARA is a little city.

Back from MASSAWA, at tea time, I was in the center as usual. I went to ASMARA CAFE to have my 6 pm tea and pastry.

Bars and coffee shops are full in the center of the city at that time.

Accordingly patrons share tables.

And the waitress brought me to a table were Nardi and a girl friend were sipping there tea!

She was surprised to see me. Me too. And puzzled, because I had no reason not to recontact her this time.

We talked only generalities, as I did not know her girlfriend and did not want to embarrass her. I asked her to give me her mobile and if she would agree that we have a dinner together. She said yes.

What to do?

Nardi is a cute girl (cf. Last year post photos). Clearly my aspergillum was eager to move again in Nardi's monstrance.

But I did not want to be rude with Sweetie.

I called my international friend who suggested I book another hotel room, lie to Sweetie.

Finally I took a position in line with my constant ethic with girls: fairness and honesty. (I never promise marriage; come back etc. I shall not to realise. I always base our relation on a juicy slice of life and fun, no more)

I decided to call Sweetie over the phone and tell her the truth.

"I am very sorry: ASMARA is too small!

As I told you at the beginning of our relationship, I entertained relationship with other girls last year. And by chance this evening I was sat at my previous girls'friend table at a bar on Harnet avenue.

She was surprised, as our relation had been perfect last year, so I would like to apologize with her and spend at most one week with her, after which I shall come back to you my sweet

Sweetie. So sorry. Apologies.

Do you accept it? "

First she was a little upset and surprised of the situation.

But after my deep apologies, she finally told me that she agreed and trusted me.

Next evening I conveyed Nardi at AL SICOMORO restaurant. Explained her also that I had found the very day of my arrival a sweet cuttie who entertained my pleasure with grace since I arrived, and that it was the reason I did not recontact her, notwithstanding our excellent past relation.

She understood. And was clearly eager to have a new session with me.

We went to BOLOGNA, was registered, and back to my room as last year.

She perfectly remembered our pleasure on mutual rubbing with shower gel in the bathroom using our respective hanging appendix. Then she was now no more shy on DATY. Maybe I had been the one who made her discover it last year? She offered me spontaneously her pussy, I ate greedily. She wished love: me being liying on her back; my balls shrubbing her buttocks. So I did. The next morning I put without a word, 10 USD note in her handbag when she was in the bathroom. We decided of dinner that day at EXPO hotel (close of BOLOGNA, more expansive rooms, but restaurant OK).

She came for dinner. She told me that her father was presently in ASMARA, living normally in USA (!). New! In this respect, she asked me if I knew how thin was 10 USD!

I said that I agreed, but that it was what I paid her last year! I would agree to give her USD 20 as she complained for the future. She did not answered.

Then suddenly her mobile rang; she looked upset; she told me her father had been transferred to hospital. He was sick further a dinner in LION the previous day. She had to leave me. No night.

The next day I called her over the phone, but could not reach her / was not available.

Finally, I concluded that the father's health plus money question had faded our relationship.

I decided to have a two days rest and sleep alone. As I had been so active since my arrival. Before calling on Sweetie.

4) Back to Sweetie:

After this rest, I called Sweetie, unchanged, sweet as usual.

Again some nights together (further re-registration on hotel's register)

It was time of gifts shopping to bring back to Europe.

Sweetie knew that I wanted to bring back some CD of Eritrean songs.

She told me: it will be my gift.

She finally covered me with small gifts (CD + a little local vase + a little basket). What a cute girl!

We spent a last night; I took her address in an ice cream parlour, before going to airport, and I promised her to send her ladies shoes from Europe (even if she was asking for nothing!).

"O amora, I hope you will come back", was her motto.

I did not tell her, but the world is vast, and twice one month as tourist in Eritrea was enough. Even if it is a relaxing place. At end, it could be boring, especially as we cannot travel freely everywhere in the country.

5) Conclusion:

This semi pro is really a delicious escort I recommend, and I wish her all happiness.

As I wrote, the private life of these girls in such a strange country, where everything seems smooth, but where everybody is under state and army control (even if you seldom see uniforms) remains to me a mystery. It is well known that girls are toys of chiefs in army garrisons and if they do not comply with their sex needs they are punished or send to mine fields. Sweetie told me she had done a military service, but had become very sick because of malaria and service was shortened accordingly.

What she did not told me, and I did not hurt her to obtain her reasons was what happened to her pussy.

I have to tell one thing I would not trust if it was written by somebody else.

From the first day Sweetie refused in smiling to show me her pussy.

And she squeezes always her thigh in such a way I could not see her most intimate part.

My stick being inside, it was quite wet and normal. As I said she liked deep penetration.

What did she want I do not see?

Clit cut? Usual is Eritrea, but she is Christian and Christian girls of ASMARA are not cut?

Burns or torture she had to endure in her private life or in the army?

However, she was not complaining against the regime (cf. Supra), so not probably army.

As she was so devoted to my own intimate instruments (cf. Supra first night); notwithstanding the fact that I am fond of DATY, I fully respected her will to hide her pussy to my view. And I shall never know her secret.

So is life.

A trustworthy girl hiding a suffering secret.

[TigeDeJade]

Related to my new report.

[Member #4379]

I'm living in Eritrea and within 6 weeks had 2 girls telling me to stay away from other girls because they were HIV positive. Unless they have the lab report right in front of them, no one will never know. With the enormous stigma attached, my belief is that no girl would share her HIV status with anyone, especially the competition.

So in one of the cases I simply told the girl that the girl I was with said she was HIV+. Man, this created a firestorm. They called me and denied they ever said it and were scared since the girl threatened to beat her up. In short, doing this teaches them a lesson to keep their mouth shut.

[Member #4379]

There are really nice clean double rooms all over the place at around 350 Nakfa per night (about 25 u.s.) I would recommend downtown Concord Pension, Central Asmara Hotel, or Khartoum Hotel (all girl friendly but they must have photo ID) Since getting a SIM card takes 6 weeks just get mobile numbers from girls you meet and call them using a phone card from one of the public phones. Meeting girls on the streets takes more time but if you are blunt about what you are looking for just ask them. As for the bars, Friday night at " I Bye" beside Asmara Palace is best and for Saturday it's the Green Pub.

[Member #4364]

Where have you slept ? That´s the hughest problem for me in whole africa

Cheers

[Member #4379]

Let's face it, having great sex with a woman half your age is not normal so cash is expected at some point. The Piccadilly club on Harnet Ave downtown just beyond Cafe Impero is full of semi pros and some pros, especially on Friday and Saturday. I got a great bar girl for only 150 Nakfas but I think she expected more given my longer stay. Problem is that if you pick a bar girl you have to wait until 5am before she gets off work. The going rate seems to be around 500 Nakfa for an overnight fling but if you have dollars I would highly recommend bringing them undeclared.

Another place is the "I Bay" club right next to the Asmara Palace hotel where they have a great disco on Saturday nights and Friday is not bad either. It is true that the only hard core hookers hang out is the Green Pub at Asmara Palace hotel but 50 Nakfa for a beer compared to everywhere else at 15 Nakfa is criminal.

So far they don't search your body for dollars, just your bags for electronic stuff so bringing in hard currency for payment may be a lot cheaper and you don't have to worry about getting caught changing dollars. Just tell the girls if they want dollars at 30 Nafka for 1 dollar, black market, or 500 Nakfa.

The Macambo club does not rocking until after 2am but it can be slow at times with girls and the "Benefia" club at the Expo grounds 5 minutes walking distance from the Asmara Palace I hear is a good place for girls. I will post updates on that.

Surprisingly, all of the girls I've been with so far have clits even though FGM is at 80%.

I have a phone number of 1 hard core hooker who is pretty good but may expect 1,000 but you can get her down to 600 Nakfa and she does 3somes. Send me a private message if you want it.

[TigeDeJade]

Dear Tigedejade,

Don't worry about that. When I was studying in the UK I met many friends from Eritrea. May be they are some big officials now.! They were talking to me the same way you are talking now. I'm not a political person and I hate politics. I spent three weeks in Asmara, the most memorable days in my life, and I met a yemmani lady who took me to her area in Asmarah. But I had a wild life with the chicks there. I still can remember the bars where I used to go. However, my dear friend, your report was good. I liked it and I always remember it.

But I must visit Asmarah once again, soon.

Sure, visit ASMARA soon; and good luck with nice and active chicks.

[Sami29]

Dear Tigedejade,

Don't worry about that. When I was studying in the UK I met many friends from Eritrea. May be they are some big officials now.! They were talking to me the same way you are talking now. I'm not a political person and I hate politics. I spent three weeks in Asmara, the most memorable days in my life, and I met a yemmani lady who took me to her area in Asmarah. But I had a wild life with the chicks there. I still can remember the bars where I used to go. However, my dear friend, your report was good. I liked it and I always remember it.

But I must visit Asmarah once again, soon.

No offence, but I think that you have effectively to update your understanding of ERITREA.

I can be wrong on 25% by lack of knowledge or misview but not the reverse. I also read a lot of books on the country beyond the topic of girls mongering which is the purpose of this site.

First: I did not wrote that the majority of Eritreans are Christian.

I wrote: "The regime is laïc regime and on the high plateaux (ASMARA at 2500m) most of the population is Christian; so there is no Islamic interdicts."

So ON THE HIGH PLATEAUX (I would better say especially in ASMARA city), most of the population is Christian.

It is perfectly true that on the coast and even in the countryside of High Plateaux, you have a huge proportion of Muslims.

Read the only existing guide on ERITREA (BRADT guide); for ERITREA as a whole: QUOTE "The population is described as being equally divided between Christian and Muslims with a small percentage of animists (5%). The Christian population is divided between Orthodox Church which represent a vast majority, Roman Catholics and Protestants" UNQUOTE

The President ISSAYAS is of Christian origin and if you read some books on the contemporary history of ERITREA as I did, you will see that inside the war of resistance he killed Muslim leaders to impose his leadership. After independance, he believed that he could have a lot of advantage from the US. He even tried to develop relation with Israel (! ) thinking that the harbour of MASSAWA would be of strategic importance for the west. But the west disappointed him by not bringing money. So he changed his policy and today he is accused to be the closest friend if Islamists (especially to help Somalian Islamists) and for this reason G. W. BUSH had strongly envisaged to stop all diplomatic relation and blacklist the country. I was told that till last day of his mandate, the US Ambassador was ready to close his suitcase at any time. But he is a pure opportunist to keep his power. So it is right that today, the regime can be seen as close of Islamic world. And I shall not develop here how this world is complex today (I. E. Saudi arabia circles and Al Qaida? )

When you write: "Another false information you gave is that Eritreans want to migrate to the USA. Most Eritreans abroad that I know, are coming back to their country".

There I honestly think, with no offence, that your opinion is politically oriented or naively influenced by Overseas Eritrean friends (which is your perfect freedom! ) Just type on Google: "Eritrean boat peoples" "Eritrean died between Lybian and Italian coast" "Eritrean in Calais trying to escape to UK".

Sorry to say: all the young Eritreans, maybe stupidly, dream to leave a country in which they see no future and are ready to endure the hardest migration or death. Sure they would have better try to change things from inside; but it seems completely locked by the regime.

It is also true that I met overseas Eritreans (which transfers contribute to 38% of GNP! ) who would like to come back and modernize their country. They are Eritreans at first. The regime uses them, give them some advantages as their money is welcome; and a positive future might come only from them. But when things become risky for the regime: it stops immediately any progress. For example houses were built by Korean builders in ASMARA outskirts to be sold to Overseas Eritreans. Houses appeared, some were sold. And suddenly the regime stopped these constructions, on supposed corruption reasons. Or was it because an effective implantation of Overseas Eritreans might be at risk for the regime? Nobody knows. I also confirm my own feeling on Italian appreciation. Of course they are firstly a proud independent country, and I never said that they dreamed to come back to Italian old time. But they are proud of ASMARA architecture they restaure; they are proud of the old Italian train which has been renovated for tourism purpose. Of course there is a lot of Eritrean sweat beyond these realisations. At the opposite: sorry to say: they have no esteem for the Brits who dismantled the industry, destroyed the Italian cable car and did every possible action to get rid of ERITREA UN mandate as they could and patronized the "union" with ETHIOPIA.

It is not a question of older generation speaking Arabic: on the coast all population is Arabic litterate; on the high plateaux the population is in majority tigrinya and tigre litterate. And minority Arabic.

Maybe what you discovered from Overseas Eritreans is that it is a nationalist country and nationalism. For Eritreans OUT of the country. Is pregnant.

When our points of view converge is that: Eritreans who are out would like to be in and modernize the country; Eritreans who are in, consider that everything is locked and would like to be out.

[Member #4379]

Who is the 'small boy' now? Interesting how 'nationalism' can fog the brightest of minds.

[TigeDeJade]

Tagedjade,

I read all your reports about Eritrea and I am sorry to say that 75% of the information you provided is wrong. No offence is meant. You are simply narrating but not giving concrete information about the country. One of the mistakes in your reports is that the majority of Eritreans are Christian. Well, I don't have to tell you, even a small boy knows that Eritrea is member of the Islamic Organization. So if it was a Chritisian country, it won't naturally join this organization. Another false information you gave is that Eritreans want to migrate to the USA. Most Eritreans abroad that I know, are coming back to their country. Another false information is that older generation speak Italian or praise Italians. You are absolutley wrong. Sorry to say that. Older generation of Eritrea speak Arabic and hate Italians.

I went to Asmra in the 80s, durng the Ethiopian occupation and met many people there. None of them that I met spoke Italian. Of course there were Italian restaurants there and even Italian architecure. The bars were much liverlier than those in Addis Ababa. There was the Cathedral Road which was the main road there. Some of the ladies that I met even woud not come to have coffee with me in the coffee shop, because they were scared of their parents.

Anyway, I must visit Asmara once again to verify your reports. I read many false reports about Ethiopia and none I believed until I went there myself. So my next trip is to Asmara.

No offence, but I think that you have effectively to update your understanding of ERITREA.

I can be wrong on 25% by lack of knowledge or misview but not the reverse. I also read a lot of books on the country beyond the topic of girls mongering which is the purpose of this site.

First: I did not wrote that the majority of Eritreans are Christian.

I wrote: "The regime is laïc regime and on the high plateaux (ASMARA at 2500m) most of the population is Christian; so there is no Islamic interdicts."

So ON THE HIGH PLATEAUX (I would better say especially in ASMARA city), most of the population is Christian.

It is perfectly true that on the coast and even in the countryside of High Plateaux, you have a huge proportion of Muslims.

Read the only existing guide on ERITREA (BRADT guide); for ERITREA as a whole: QUOTE "The population is described as being equally divided between Christian and Muslims with a small percentage of animists (5%). The Christian population is divided between Orthodox Church which represent a vast majority, Roman Catholics and Protestants" UNQUOTE

The President ISSAYAS is of Christian origin and if you read some books on the contemporary history of ERITREA as I did, you will see that inside the war of resistance he killed Muslim leaders to impose his leadership. After independance, he believed that he could have a lot of advantage from the US. He even tried to develop relation with Israel (! ) thinking that the harbour of MASSAWA would be of strategic importance for the west. But the west disappointed him by not bringing money. So he changed his policy and today he is accused to be the closest friend if Islamists (especially to help Somalian Islamists) and for this reason G. W. BUSH had strongly envisaged to stop all diplomatic relation and blacklist the country. I was told that till last day of his mandate, the US Ambassador was ready to close his suitcase at any time. But he is a pure opportunist to keep his power. So it is right that today, the regime can be seen as close of Islamic world. And I shall not develop here how this world is complex today (I. E. Saudi arabia circles and Al Qaida? )

When you write: "Another false information you gave is that Eritreans want to migrate to the USA. Most Eritreans abroad that I know, are coming back to their country".

There I honestly think, with no offence, that your opinion is politically oriented or naively influenced by Overseas Eritrean friends (which is your perfect freedom! ) Just type on Google: "Eritrean boat peoples" "Eritrean died between Lybian and Italian coast" "Eritrean in Calais trying to escape to UK".

Sorry to say: all the young Eritreans, maybe stupidly, dream to leave a country in which they see no future and are ready to endure the hardest migration or death. Sure they would have better try to change things from inside; but it seems completely locked by the regime.

It is also true that I met overseas Eritreans (which transfers contribute to 38% of GNP! ) who would like to come back and modernize their country. They are Eritreans at first. The regime uses them, give them some advantages as their money is welcome; and a positive future might come only from them. But when things become risky for the regime: it stops immediately any progress. For example houses were built by Korean builders in ASMARA outskirts to be sold to Overseas Eritreans. Houses appeared, some were sold. And suddenly the regime stopped these constructions, on supposed corruption reasons. Or was it because an effective implantation of Overseas Eritreans might be at risk for the regime? Nobody knows. I also confirm my own feeling on Italian appreciation. Of course they are firstly a proud independent country, and I never said that they dreamed to come back to Italian old time. But they are proud of ASMARA architecture they restaure; they are proud of the old Italian train which has been renovated for tourism purpose. Of course there is a lot of Eritrean sweat beyond these realisations. At the opposite: sorry to say: they have no esteem for the Brits who dismantled the industry, destroyed the Italian cable car and did every possible action to get rid of ERITREA UN mandate as they could and patronized the "union" with ETHIOPIA.

It is not a question of older generation speaking Arabic: on the coast all population is Arabic litterate; on the high plateaux the population is in majority tigrinya and tigre litterate. And minority Arabic.

Maybe what you discovered from Overseas Eritreans is that it is a nationalist country and nationalism. For Eritreans OUT of the country. Is pregnant.

When our points of view converge is that: Eritreans who are out would like to be in and modernize the country; Eritreans who are in, consider that everything is locked and would like to be out.

[TigeDeJade]

Thanks for the report Tigedejade,

All very interesting and seems worth a visit (even for the architecture). Nice to see to be some slim girls there (although seems like slim pickings over there!)....but to get your point right, it should be far better and much cheaper to pay in dollars than local currency? By paying dollars, you win and the lady gets the same as if she was paid Eritrea Nakfa because she has access to the unofficial exchange rate.

Can you also pay dollars in hotels?

SC

Yes you can pay in dollars in hotels, but they will stamp your precious "Declaration of imported currencies voucher" stamped at the airport: so it will necessarily be at official rate.

I do not think that any hotel will accept dollars at black market rate without stamping your voucher. And of course at official rate it is mandatory for you to have the hotel stamping your voucher (to forgot stamping would be at you only risk for no advantage.)

Accordingly my conclusion is clear: pay hotel only in Nakfa (only the ASMARA PALACE, the 4 stars hotel of ASMARA will require USD. But necessarily will stamp your voucher)

I insist on one important detail: if your intention is to pay some girls of confidence in USD to have a win/win deal: these amounts have to be excluded from your entry declaration (at entry there is no control in my experience and info) but when you will leave the customs might ask you to show the remaining imported currencies not changed. As no stamp of exchange- There if you are short of hard currencies. You will be blocked by the police as currency traficant. And the only recourse will be to try to convince your embassy to obtain your freedom.

I was told by the Consulate of my Embassy of France that several months ago EXPLORATOR travel agency had organised one tour in ERITREA. The participants did not care at their "Declaration of imported currencies voucher" and sometimes they paid in USD or EUR, here or there (the recipients were more than happy! ). They were blocked and retained in ERITREA and the Ambassador had to convince the authorities that they were simple tourists not accustomed to currencies regulations, and not traficant. It was not simple! If you, like me, come as individual, much more difficult to plead!

Be careful! And there are spies everywhere, even if it seems cool and relaxed Once in a restaurant, girls told me to speak discreetly of political or social topics with them as other guests might be from the police!

[Sami29]

Tagedjade,

I read all your reports about Eritrea and I am sorry to say that 75% of the information you provided is wrong. No offence is meant. You are simply narrating but not giving concrete information about the country. One of the mistakes in your reports is that the majority of Eritreans are Christian. Well, I don't have to tell you, even a small boy knows that Eritrea is member of the Islamic Organization. So if it was a Chritisian country, it won't naturally join this organization. Another false information you gave is that Eritreans want to migrate to the USA. Most Eritreans abroad that I know, are coming back to their country. Another false information is that older generation speak Italian or praise Italians. You are absolutley wrong. Sorry to say that. Older generation of Eritrea speak Arabic and hate Italians.

I went to Asmra in the 80s, durng the Ethiopian occupation and met many people there. None of them that I met spoke Italian. Of course there were Italian restaurants there and even Italian architecure. The bars were much liverlier than those in Addis Ababa. There was the Cathedral Road which was the main road there. Some of the ladies that I met even woud not come to have coffee with me in the coffee shop, because they were scared of their parents.

Anyway, I must visit Asmara once again to verify your reports. I read many false reports about Ethiopia and none I believed until I went there myself. So my next trip is to Asmara.

[Member #4379]

Some of the hotels, (the upscale ones) will take U.S. dollars but since they will issue you a receipt, make sure you keep your receipts and declare your dollars when you arrive. As for the girls, its' the exact reverse..don't declare your dollars when you arrive and, of course, don't ask for a receipt! haha