Eritrea is a country in the Horn of Africa and a former Italian colony; the capital is Asmara and is bordered by Sudan, Ethiopia, and Djibouti, the country has more than 1,000 km of coastline on the Red Sea; from 1961 until 1991, Eritrea had fought a long war of independence against Ethiopia; there are 65 miles of road between Asmara and Massawa, it was built under italian times, and it winds down from an altitude of 2 438 m to sea level, going through valleys, deserts and the bush © Eric Lafforgue www.ericlafforgue.com