For our 41st wedding anniversary John and I took a special trip north of our compound at Lac Assal to Tadjoura, a coastal town. We stayed overnight and then traveled inland, on a mostly 4-wheel drive road to Randa and then beyond up into the mountains on the road to Di Mountain. It was a lovely trip. Driving inland from Tadjoura, we went up the right hand side of a huge wadi (wash). We went up and up until we came to the town of Randa. On the way we say villages with houses made very differently from those around Lac Assal or Djibouti City. These structures were made of wood and other materials. These are called das. These houses were always in a compound with fencing all around. The fencing was usually made of wood and then some thorn bush stems. All of the farm animals in these parts are kept in the enclosures at night because a predatory black panther-like cat lives and hunts in this area.
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