Monk-of-Mogadishu wrote:AW252,
My only connection in Xamar area was a cousin of mine from Kista who had an HG mom in Ceelasha recently, I'm not sure if he's still there but he used to travel a lot between Xamar and Kista for his work. That dude was everywhere, perhaps I can put him to good use, now that you've mentioned the idea of a local contact.
The only AS or former AS areas that worried me were (still are) the most worrisome areas of the Somali geography; the Jubba river regions. I have no clue how my primitive Ogaden cousins survived in those far south regions, I used to hear stories about cagdheer villagers being eaten by Bantus all the time.

--that place is a straight-up no-man's land. The Bantus there are so influential that all of my reer abti now revere a Bantu Sufi "saint."
You can understand why I have my reservations about entering from Kenya into Kismayo, that whole area just isn't right. I may have to tap my connections in Xamar, I may have many more contacts there than I'm aware of.

, there are hardly any bantus, they have been chased out by racism during the civil war or been taken by the americans to the State, but there are a few Banjuuns in kamboni and kayomi, they are muslims, and prefer to eat fish then a short skinny malnourished Suulgab cousin of mine from the deserts of punt
wait till Absame clears out alshabab or you could get through from Garrisa to Dhobley to the Jubbas, i would wait till Kismayo is free, infact i would advice to stay away from the south and explore NFD instead. if you want safety Garrisa is the saftest city in the easter africa region, if you want risky adventure go to kismayo and have your head cut off as a darood spy crap story made up by nervous hutus.