Being Thursday, a weekend day here, I had time. Lou and I went to Bab Al Yemen where we stood high on the wall to people-watch and capture Yemeni life in pictures.
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- Modern area just outside Bab Al Yemen, the city gate.
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- Just inside Bab Al Yemen, the city gate.
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- a just outside Bab Al Yemen, the city gate.
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- a just outside Bab Al Yemen, the city gate.
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- It is normal for friends of the same gender to hold friends, but not so common for couples to do likewise.
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- It is normal for friends of the same gender to hold friends, but not so common for couples to do likewise.
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- It is normal for friends of the same gender to hold friends, but not so common for couples to do likewise.
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- People-watching from above the city gate.
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- It is normal for friends of the same gender to hold friends, but not so common for couples to do likewise.
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- It is normal for friends of the same gender to hold friends, but not so common for couples to do likewise.
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- People-watching from above the city gate.
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- People-watching from above the city gate.
On the way back, we stopped at a hole-in-the-wall place where a camel goes round and round pulling a stone press which churns out oil which I believe to be sesame oil.
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- Camel turning an oil press.
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- Camel turning an oil press.
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- Child in typical Yemeni high-rise.
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- School girls.
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- Mosque near the Saila.
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- Saila, combined road that turns into drainage in heavy rain.
