Asmara, the day begins with a caffè macchiato at the main street café where all know each other. The sun softly brings its Good Morning in the fresh rarefied air, we are quite high – 2 874 ft above sea level. Nowhere else I have met such genuinely kind people as here. In no other capital I have felt totally safe while walking home to the hotel, late evenings in narrow, dark streets.
Today there is an appeal in the four leading Swedish newpapers: Free Dawit Isaak now! He is a journalist and Swedish citizen who has been in Eritrean jail for more than seven years with no trial.
The small, shabby Fiat 500 cars of the Driving School chug around or stand still being repaired. You need a driving license before driving. Driving license, ruling license, governing license. Free elections. Democracy.
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