June 5, 2002

I'm sure everyone is aware of Lee Ruebush's trip to Asmara in 2000. Lee sent sent me a CD with a 135 pictures, but because of past disk space limitations I have not been able to post his pictures. With the new sponsorship I am happy to report that I now have them all posted. I'm sure you'll see some major changes to places you remember so this will be quite a trip down memory lane.

The pictures are presented alphabetically as they appeared on the CD. I don't have any descriptions so I will be using the filenames he placed on the images as descriptions. A lot of them will be self-explanatory.

ENJOY!!

• Housing near Tract B
• Tract B gate
• Outside the back gate at Kagnew | Larger version (1400 pixels wide)
• A welcoming T-shirt from Eritrea
• Great looking poster from Massawa: (click on image for larger view)
  

• 2nd Apartment front.
• Abeba, another friend.
• Agordat 1 | 2 | 3.
• Agordat Hospital.
• A herd of camels.
• Ambassador Hotel.
• ASA site.
• Asmara 1| 2| 3| 4.
• New buildings in Asmara.
• A pair of baboons.
• Baobab Tree.
• Bill & Darlene at Madote.
• Bill & an unknown Eritrean GI.
• Blue apartment.
• Front of the Blue apartment.
• Bougainvillea at Dam.
• Boys selling shells.
• Camels carrying wood.
• Camillo's Old Boat House 1 | 2.
• Catholic Cemetary.
• Catholic Church.
• Entry to a church in a Baobob tree.
• Dahlak Hotel 1 | 2 | Close Up.
• A dam near Asmara.
• Darlene and Bill | friends.
• Dongollo.
• Our first look at the flats.
• An Eritrean GI
• A farm on the Keran Road.
• Fruit store.
• A government building.
• A herd of goats at the waterfall.
• Green Island 1 | 2 | 3.
• Ruins of Haile Selassie's palace in Massawa.
• The hotel at North Beach.
• Halfway House on the road to Massawa.
• House girls.
• Jesse.
• Jesse and his Viagra tie.
• Jesse and Berhane
• Jesse's house 1 | 2 | 3.
• Jesse's jungle of a yard 1 | 2 | 3.
• Jesse's picnic areaand his truck after a flash flood.
• Kagnew's back gate (large picture).
• Kagnew's main gate (large picture).
• Kalanchue plant at waterfall.
• Keran.
• Landing at Madote.
• Lee at Madote.
• Lee and his buddy Mike (Check the background).
• Lee checking out some used equipment.
• Lee and Vera's house.
• Lee at Dissei.
• Lina.
• Having lunch outside.
• The lighthouse at Madote is now gone.
• Massawa 1 | 2 | 3 | 4.
• Mosque in Massawa.
• Mike at his boathouse.
• Our old friend Mike O'Neill and with Lee.
• More fruits and vegetables.
• More school kids.
• Mosque.
• My friend Berhane.
• Nara housing.
• Nara women.
• Near Agordat.
• Sign at Nefasit.
• New apartments in Massawa.
• New office building.
• New power lines.
• New road.
• North Beach 1 | 2 | 3.
• Old Massawa Road 1 | 2.
• Ottaman Turk architecture 1 | 2 | 3.
• Our apartments 1st | 2nd.
• Our truck.
• Picnic area at dam.
• Port of Massawa 1 | 2 | 3
• Python Valley 1 | 2
• Red Sea Hotel 1 | 2 | 3
• Runs from Massawa to Agordat.
• Sallam Fish Restaurant.
• More School kids.
• Starting down to Massawa.
• Sunken ship.
• The boat we rented.
• Toyota sign in Massawa.
• The old transmitter site.
• The U. S. Embassy.
• Junk yard of U.S.S.R. tanks.
• More used U.S.S.R. equipment.
• Victory monuments 1 | 2.
• Village at Dessei.
• Waterfall behind the transmitter site.
• Waterhole.
• What's left of the restuarant HWH.
• Women collecting shells.