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Capital and largest city in Djibouti
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Djibouti (جيبوتي) is the capital city of Djibouti and has a population of around 400,000.
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A fusion cuisine restaurant a few hundred metres from the port. On the menu are camel meat, sushi, sashimi, fish, lobster, crab, excellent steaks, beers and mojitos. Nice atmosphere with outdoor and indoor setting.
A pricey seafood restaurant. Nice outdoor and indoor settings. On the menu are live crabs, lobsters, fresh fish, clams and other food from the Red Sea. The fish is cooked in a traditional Yemenite clay oven on acacia wood.
Underground club, low key. Good security at the door. 1,000 Fdj per beer.
Inside the Menelik Hotel, security is good here. Drinks are 1,000 Fdj/beer & 1,500 Fdj/mixed drink. The music ranges widely, but often consists of 1990s to current hip-hop & R&B.
An underground club. 1,000 Fdj for beer, 1,500 Fdj for mixed drinks and 1,000 Fdj for sheesha (hookah).
Nice place with a second, smaller bar upstairs.
Nice place with a dancefloor in the front alongside a bar. In the back are some couches for sitting and smoking Sheesha smoking (1,000 Fdj to participate).
30 guest rooms and 2 suite rooms. International buffet restaurant. 2 minutes from the airport. WhatsApp +253 774 901 73
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By train
There are passenger trains from Addis Ababa via Dire Dawa every second day. Journey time for the full trip is about 12 hours. The new trains are comfortable and there is a dining car on board.
Get around by Green TaxiCabs. Some people will tell you to avoid taxis whose drivers are chewing khat, which is a natural, amphetamine-like stimulant.
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