The border conflict with neighboring Eritrea means Ethiopia's unable to use the natural ports of Asab and Massawa.

与邻国厄尔特里亚的边境冲突意味着埃塞俄比亚不能使用阿萨布和马萨瓦港口。

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There are a few dive shops in Massawa with rentable gear and boats to take you to the Dahlak Archipelago, which includes more than 200 islands and dozens of wrecks.

在马萨瓦有几家经营潜水的商店，有全套潜水装备出租，还有船只可载你前往达拉克群岛，周围有200多个岛屿和十几个沉船遗址。

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Sometimes his fabrics haven't been woven for clothing at all, like a Massawa cotton that he found in Eritrea.

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And it prevents food for land-locked Ethiopia arriving through the Eritrean ports of Massawa and Assab, from where it could be carried on by rail.

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The two countries hardly became good neighbours, with the issues of Ethiopian access to the Eritrean ports of Massawa and Assab and unequal trade terms souring relations.

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