Most Interesting Country

Djibouti, Africa

The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas became Djibouti in 1977. Hassan Gouled APTIDON installed an authoritarian one-party state and proceeded to serve three consecutive six-year terms as president. Unrest among the Afars minority during the 1990s led to multi-party elections resulting in President Ismail Omar GUELLEH attaining office in May 1999. A peace accord in 2001 ended the final phases of a ten-year uprising by Afar rebels. Djibouti occupies a very strategic geographic location at the mouth of the Red Sea and serves as an important transshipment location for goods entering and leaving the east African highlands. GUELLEH favors close ties to France, which maintains a significant military presence in the country.

I've never been to Djibouti. What is cool in there? Are you from Djibouti?

Originally posted by silver_tears
Most of Europe really 😬
Greece for example, and Italy, Britain, and Germany, basically all the oldest "nations" in the world 😍

Actually I'd put egypt and the assyrian and babylonian nations as among the oldest, maybe ancient greece too.

But Italy, Germany and Britain were just a hodge-podge of tribes when these other cultures were establishing civilizations

But Italy, Germany and Britain were just a hodge-podge of tribes when these other cultures were establishing civilizations

Where there are now has no bearing on how long they been around. I'm just saying that they are older is all.

Originally posted by finti
yeah but where are they now besides being more or less back woods countries

true that, but there was the idea of the Greek nation, just not a country officially. And no friendship between those cities either 😖

Originally posted by KharmaDog
Actually I'd put egypt and the assyrian and babylonian nations as among the oldest, maybe ancient greece too.

But Italy, Germany and Britain were just a hodge-podge of tribes when these other cultures were establishing civilizations

I assumed she meant longest-lasting, not earliest created. I doubt she was angling to find Sumeria the most interesting place on Earth.

Originally posted by Evy_O
true that, but there was the idea of the Greek nation, just not a country officially. And no friendship between those cities either 😖

it's not the same, smarthead 😛

they knew that they were greeks like people that live in NY know that they are americans, thankyouverymuch 🪩

is that what you think or is that actually written down somewhere, professor? 😛

written down in my history books 😛 there 😖mart:

and they are always right 😂

do I sense some sarcasm mister? detective

Dean> “kicked our arse...my arse.” Unless you’re REALLY very old, I doubt you were around when the Scottish army won a battle over the English army.

Most interesting to me at the moment is – without a doubt – China! Egypt was cool when I visisted it, with all the ancient monuments, but it’s too touristy (thanks to people like me, who wants to see the old monuments).
Currently China is still not overrun that much, and has everything from the Great Wall to Guilin mountains, the Terra Cotta army, The forbidden City, and a host of palaces and temples, Buddha-statues and shrines (that survived the Cultural Revolution), hi-tech sci-fi skylines, and monks in Nike shoes.
I think I found it so fascinating because it’s so alien from what I know.

Originally posted by Evy_O
do I sense some sarcasm mister? detective

Originally posted by The Omega

and monks in Nike shoes.

Anybody seen Rammstein's "Amerika"? The music video. An muslim praying in Nike shoes, Buddhist monks eating cheese-burgers, African tribes ordering pizza....

Its funny.

I would love to see Australia!!!

Been there, done that, Greece, Kenya, Canada, England Belgium and Norway are sooo much better