We sailed another 24 miles up the coast of Eritrea today and are now anchored off Mersa Dudo on the mainland. The headland looks like a Mars Scape with red sandy hills and a dormant volcano. A group of fishermen live in a few huts made of rocks at one end of the beach and they've already visited us on their skiff asking for cigarettes, food and water. We gave them a small pack of biscuits and a couple of Oranges of which they seemed to be more excited about the latter, I guess fresh fruit is hard to come by out here!
The wind is howling down through the anchorage and blowing over 30 knots at times which is considerably more than off shore. It was a bit unexpected so we've opted against climbing the volcano as planned and have been stuck on the boat most of the afternoon. Tomorrow we plan to make an overnight trip towards the town of Massawa and decide along the way where to stop the following night. We're in company with five other yachts at the moment but it looks like we may be parting company with a couple of them tomorrow.
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