The Unique of Somalia

Moment before landing at Mogadishu - Somalia
We use small 10 seater plane

Right in The Somalia International Airport
After Immigration check

Here you will find a lot AK47, other riffles and heavy gun wandering around the city.

Everything have to be armed guarded as the area is currently violent.
I do hope there will be true peaceful as this city is really beautiful

It takes almost 21 hours to reach kenya from Surabaya-Indonesia. I had to take flight from SUB-CGK-DOH-NOB. it is quite a long way to reach the horn of Africa. I stayed on night in Nairobi. the next day, I took a small propeller airplane with 10 seats capacity chartered by my organization. It took 2,5 hqlf hour the flight from Nairobi to Mogadishu-Somalia. The city is really beatiful, my friend said that the city is like Monte Carlo. it has sea side beach and beautiful white houses scaterred along the coastal line.

The place that I stayed and work is in Mogadishu. the area is well protected by the guard and the TFG try to hold the line and keep the city secure, the TFG army right now is in war with Al-Shahbab the islamist who want to take control in Somali. the sound of explosion, gun fire became normal for me after 4 night stay in the city. the risk of being kidnapped is extremely high as the expat can be valued up to 1000000USD per head alive.

I work in the Hospital which treat Malnourished children and Measles children. due to security reason, we the expat are not allowed to go outside the compound. every Somali who wish to enter the compound will be checked and screened by the armed guard. this is to avoid rick of suicide bombing in our compound.I am the only expat doctor together with 4 somali doctor and Nurses have to deal with almost 120 Severe cases of malnutrition and Measles per day. There is at least 3 till 4 death per day and most of the cases are because they are to late.

Do you know that The UN declared famine in Somalia this year?

We received so many patient everyday with very severe Manourished. there have been 2 years drought in the country and it was worsened by the war who push and scatered everyone and also destroyed the farm, infrastructure in the country.

Somalia (mogadishu particulaqrly) is supposed to be beautiful country. They had beautiful hospital, stadium, masjid. and big market such as barqa market once. but now it is destroyed by the war and conflict. it is really sad. at least you still can see the its glorious past time by see the remaining building which are beatiful and magnificent.