![11e. Restauranteur with Iskushuban dates](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4107/4947021360_80b63709d8_m.jpg)
11e. Restauranteur with Iskushuban dates
![9j.](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/4946432067_59e3394c3e_m.jpg)
9j.
![3g. Abdiwali counts the cash - 3.2 million Somali Shillings to $1US](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4106/4947021504_388637046c_m.jpg)
3g. Abdiwali counts the cash - 3.2 million Somali Shillings to $1US
![3f. Jane takes care of the tea breaks](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/4947021604_1022fac167_m.jpg)
3f. Jane takes care of the tea breaks
![1d. Issa and oldest daughter, Bishaaro](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4150/4947021652_5fc9376bda_m.jpg)
1d. Issa and oldest daughter, Bishaaro
![3h. Girl who boiled our water for tea](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/4947021790_4a11793885_m.jpg)
3h. Girl who boiled our water for tea
![2f. Zdenek](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/4946432465_9152696935_m.jpg)
2f. Zdenek
![9f. Galeforce winds made flag waving and even standing up difficult](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/4947021974_a2636215c0_m.jpg)
9f. Galeforce winds made flag waving and even standing up difficult
![9c. The group included two Puntland ministers, the mayor of Hafun and a local elder, soldiers, Zdenek, Jane and me](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/4946432591_960f41aace_m.jpg)
9c. The group included two Puntland ministers, the mayor of Hafun and a local elder, soldiers, Zdenek, Jane and me
![9b. Walking over the carpet of sharp limestone and flat thorn bushes. Just 2.5 km to the finish](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4079/4946432687_1aa2995c08_m.jpg)
9b. Walking over the carpet of sharp limestone and flat thorn bushes. Just 2.5 km to the finish
![9a. Heading up the mountain of Ras Hafun, wind constantly blowing me off the road](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/4946432781_3fcdec929e_m.jpg)
9a. Heading up the mountain of Ras Hafun, wind constantly blowing me off the road
![8f. A pause in Hafun before the final push](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4127/4946432835_9ac00b0167_m.jpg)
8f. A pause in Hafun before the final push
![5h. Waiting to find out directions](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4120/4946432905_d37aee5d4e_m.jpg)
5h. Waiting to find out directions
![4d. Typical terrain, barren stony plateau](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/4947022454_78bc8c0e0f_m.jpg)
4d. Typical terrain, barren stony plateau
![2b. Discussion over dinner at the president's residence, Garowe](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/4946433041_7aa048966b_m.jpg)
2b. Discussion over dinner at the president's residence, Garowe
![2a. Meeting the President, Dr. Abdirahaman Mohamud (Farole)](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/4947022560_4ccbe98d72_m.jpg)
2a. Meeting the President, Dr. Abdirahaman Mohamud (Farole)
![1a. Meeting up with Issa and entourage after passing through no man's land](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/4946433205_0a118ee4a0_m.jpg)
1a. Meeting up with Issa and entourage after passing through no man's land
![2c. Wishing us well and good luck](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4144/4947022684_a8937ae413_m.jpg)
2c. Wishing us well and good luck
![5d. Mother and daughter in Marer](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/4947022784_6c5cfe0b74_m.jpg)
5d. Mother and daughter in Marer
![5c. Abdiwali in discussion, Marer](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/4946433427_b735f6e4d2_m.jpg)
5c. Abdiwali in discussion, Marer
![4c. Aisha - a friendly character in Cabaar](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/4946433603_0be1522976_m.jpg)
4c. Aisha - a friendly character in Cabaar
![3c. The president's guards. We are waiting for the support vehicle](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4087/4947023084_85c70e72c7_m.jpg)
3c. The president's guards. We are waiting for the support vehicle
![10a.](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4119/4947023146_1a672fcb3a_m.jpg)
10a.
![10h.](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4128/4946433933_e9ebde3168_m.jpg)
10h.
![1f. Sunset over Garowe](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/4946434005_50969764c7_m.jpg)
1f. Sunset over Garowe
![8h. Old Hafun town completely destroyed by the 2004 tsunami](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/4946434043_c1df5821ec_m.jpg)
8h. Old Hafun town completely destroyed by the 2004 tsunami
![10e.](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4090/4947023528_acf1cff573_m.jpg)
10e.
![9d. One incredible Australian-Somali achievement](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4142/4946434181_a5ac344e62_m.jpg)
9d. One incredible Australian-Somali achievement
![9h. Inscription on at the lighthouse, built by the Italians in the 1920s](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/4946434249_af41c267d6_m.jpg)
9h. Inscription on at the lighthouse, built by the Italians in the 1920s
![11b. Italian fort at Iskushuban](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/4946433979_ecff43bec5_m.jpg)
11b. Italian fort at Iskushuban
![6c. Foar road building community, trying to build the road to Hafun with their own hands and no funding from the government - yet.](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/4946434361_a4ed5217f4_m.jpg)
6c. Foar road building community, trying to build the road to Hafun with their own hands and no funding from the government - yet.
![7b. Sand blasting across the new road. Bleak conditions for cycling](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/4946434423_93b5cfb3fb_m.jpg)
7b. Sand blasting across the new road. Bleak conditions for cycling
![1c. Visiting a school with Deputy Minister of the Interior, Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Ali Yusuf Ali](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4087/4947023958_07dc4a393f_m.jpg)
1c. Visiting a school with Deputy Minister of the Interior, Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Ali Yusuf Ali
![3b. Sand storm on the way to Qardho](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4106/4946434541_bf90d485d4_m.jpg)
3b. Sand storm on the way to Qardho
![4b. First tea break in the village of Cabaar, 67km from Qardho](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4151/4946434611_579b3e02d9_m.jpg)
4b. First tea break in the village of Cabaar, 67km from Qardho
![4f. Typical bone-rattling track](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/4947024178_2397851d68_m.jpg)
4f. Typical bone-rattling track
![5e. Family living room, Marer](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/4946434777_96cef97075_m.jpg)
5e. Family living room, Marer
![5f. Traditional milk container - a doobi](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/4947024362_e7935ceef4_m.jpg)
5f. Traditional milk container - a doobi
![7a. Setting off on the final day - 70km to go](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/4947024432_5b7e4d2850_m.jpg)
7a. Setting off on the final day - 70km to go
![7c. First vehicle to become bogged on reaching the sand](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/4947024486_491977bb13_m.jpg)
7c. First vehicle to become bogged on reaching the sand
![7e. Issa decides I should carry a 9mm pistol to signal for help or ward off hyenas](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/4946435033_2f5d618ab3_m.jpg)
7e. Issa decides I should carry a 9mm pistol to signal for help or ward off hyenas
![7f. The commander shows me how to use it](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4105/4946435077_44b26b7171_m.jpg)
7f. The commander shows me how to use it
![7h. Waiting for the vehicles](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4082/4947024664_f921f6a2fa_m.jpg)
7h. Waiting for the vehicles
![8c. Soldiers in need of some exercise during a break](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/4947024730_b9706c3e20_m.jpg)
8c. Soldiers in need of some exercise during a break
![8d. With Yassin Mussa Boqor, security advisor for the president of Somalia, grandson of the last king of the region](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/4947024780_c0b04b37af_m.jpg)
8d. With Yassin Mussa Boqor, security advisor for the president of Somalia, grandson of the last king of the region
![8j. Jane and Yassin fixing the Australian flag](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4152/4946435331_0a16450674_m.jpg)
8j. Jane and Yassin fixing the Australian flag
![1e. Anne-Marie, Bilan and Jane. Getting exercise is difficult when protected by high security](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/4946435399_1ef1f4c100_m.jpg)
1e. Anne-Marie, Bilan and Jane. Getting exercise is difficult when protected by high security
![1b. Garowe, administrative capital of Puntland](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4083/4946435457_d228ea89b4_m.jpg)
1b. Garowe, administrative capital of Puntland
![2e. Jane and Omer at the President's house](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/4946435523_1ab1bf9999_m.jpg)
2e. Jane and Omer at the President's house
![5i. Typical riding conditions](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4085/4946435589_e78380e39b_m.jpg)
5i. Typical riding conditions
![6b. Foar residents honouring our presence](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/4946435653_0749771798_m.jpg)
6b. Foar residents honouring our presence
![8g. Ruins of the salt works, built in 1927](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4079/4947025214_d5f53d9115_m.jpg)
8g. Ruins of the salt works, built in 1927
![8g.. The old loading jetty destroyed by the 2004 tsunami](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/4947025256_10d1ea12bd_m.jpg)
8g.. The old loading jetty destroyed by the 2004 tsunami
![8i. Hafun jetty](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/4946435791_3b46eefe29_m.jpg)
8i. Hafun jetty
![9h (2)](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4128/4947025374_c80eb50716_m.jpg)
9h (2)
![9l. Mohammed (our security guard) Issa and the Commander](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4087/4947025426_a014a1e1ea_m.jpg)
9l. Mohammed (our security guard) Issa and the Commander
![10d.](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4114/4947025466_b28a5dcecc_m.jpg)
10d.
![11a. Spectacular journey back to Bosaso (12 hour drive)](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4129/4947025546_3e0661f193_m.jpg)
11a. Spectacular journey back to Bosaso (12 hour drive)
![11c. Oasis at Iskushuban](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/4946436091_a19e09f28b_m.jpg)
11c. Oasis at Iskushuban
![11d. Iskushuban petrol station](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4146/4947025692_1680c23fe9_m.jpg)
11d. Iskushuban petrol station
![12a. View from the State House, Bosaso - visiting the Dputy President](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/4947025750_f574dbeb93_m.jpg)
12a. View from the State House, Bosaso - visiting the Dputy President
![5b. Women in the village of Marer where the goats were slaughtered and prepared for the soldiers](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/4946436301_27e9eef9f2_m.jpg)
5b. Women in the village of Marer where the goats were slaughtered and prepared for the soldiers
![2d. Somalia and Puntland flags](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/4946436343_d6b965b530_m.jpg)
2d. Somalia and Puntland flags
![10f.](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/4946436411_36a3cce89b_m.jpg)
10f.
![8e. Approaching Hafun](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/4947025988_16075e2135_m.jpg)
8e. Approaching Hafun
![3e. Leaning in to the gale force winds. Staying on the road was a real challenge](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4115/4947026050_7a8b3af371_m.jpg)
3e. Leaning in to the gale force winds. Staying on the road was a real challenge
![4g. 190km done on the first day, ending up lost in the middle of nowhere](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4152/4947026106_920675d02e_m.jpg)
4g. 190km done on the first day, ending up lost in the middle of nowhere
![6a. Discussing the route in Foar camp for the final day. No one seemed to have much idea about distances](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4080/4946436637_53eebb8c34_m.jpg)
6a. Discussing the route in Foar camp for the final day. No one seemed to have much idea about distances
![4a. Our new security guards turning off on to the rough road between Qardho and Hafun. The beginning of the end](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/4947026190_2e7b49eebc_m.jpg)
4a. Our new security guards turning off on to the rough road between Qardho and Hafun. The beginning of the end
![3a. The president loaned 11 of his special forces to accompany us to Qardho](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/4946436747_4b70545452_m.jpg)
3a. The president loaned 11 of his special forces to accompany us to Qardho
![8a. Cycling on the tidal flat while vehicles stick to the dunes. The rim of the rear split and so I had to take the load off to nurse it to the finish](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/4946436785_736389aed5_m.jpg)
8a. Cycling on the tidal flat while vehicles stick to the dunes. The rim of the rear split and so I had to take the load off to nurse it to the finish
![3i. Saying farewell to the president's guards in Qardho. They were sent to fight Al Shabab directly after being with us. Three of these soldiers were killed in battle](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4150/4947026384_f7f267c10c_m.jpg)
3i. Saying farewell to the president's guards in Qardho. They were sent to fight Al Shabab directly after being with us. Three of these soldiers were killed in battle
![10g.](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/4946436943_e166bcdf9c_m.jpg)
10g.