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Newest Review: ... perspective, according to votes on the Lonely Planet site, the top 3 things to do in Djibouti are 2 restaurants and a tour out of the City. However, there are always the beaches you could kill time on. The city in my opinion is pretty grim. I stayed in the African quarter and found nothing but ugly buildings, bad food and useless shops. Everything closed for hours in the middle of the day, so stock up with water if you want to survive the mid-day heat. The European quarter is a lot nicer, but being on a budget I couldn't really appreciate it. And I couldn't understand which people would spend so much money to visit here. I would take my ... more

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RupertMilton
Djibouti: Great Name, Horrible Place (773 words)
by - written on 09/05/11 (Very useful, 51 readings)
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The first thing I remember about Djibouti is the prices. It's ridiculously expensive compared to any of their surrounding countries. And I couldn't pin point why. I wouldn't say the City is nice at all, and the only foreigners I encountered tended to be in the US or French military. For a night's sleep expect to pay a lot. I feel I was quite lucky because, being on a budget, the Somalis I travelled with showed me possibly the cheapest Hotel in town. But this was still well over $10 for a grotty, hot, unfriendly place. No one in town knew it, but for those on a budget try asking around for the Somali hotel in the African Quarter. Anyone not on a budget just head into the .  Read the complete review

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