Nothing morning We had a sleep in today till 0845 before having breakfast of muesli by the poolside.  I wanted to have a last wander around town before our afternoon flight.  There wasn’t actually anything specifically we could see so it made sense to take another look at the town’s icon, the Sultan’s Palace.  This […]

Re-visiting Shibam To avoid the daytime heat, we woke around 0600 to have an early start.  We walked to town and caught a taxi to revisit Shibam. Damn!  The sun wasn’t right again, with the facade not illuminated by the morning sun. Today, we made a better effort to walk around inside to explore the […]

Flying to Seiyun After only one full day in Sana’a, Kim is now leaving with me to explore further afield in Yemen. Yesterday wouldn’t count as memorable with the National Museum and Military Museum.  Perhaps the simple dinner at Ibrahim’s accompanied by the mini Yemeni baguettes and sweet tea was more memorable. We woke at […]

After the disruption yesterday, Kim arrived from Dubai.  I went to Sana’a airport by taxi to await his arrival at 0840. I had given him good instructions to go to the Exchange first, then buy his visa second, before going to immigration with his visa already purchased.  He obviously followed my instructions as he was […]

Kim was supposed to arrive today but is stuck in Dubai due to missed connection. I booked him on Emirates’ Airbus service from Singapore to Dubai because it would be more comfortable than their B777. But the airline put him on the earlier B777 at check-in … then the B777 flight got diverted to KL […]

Photo time As I’m approaching the end of my stay in Sana’a (but will be exploring the country next), I thought I’d go out with my camera again.  But first I did my laundry.  I was rewarded with one particularly nice shot once I was out and about the Bab Al Yaman area.  An elderly […]

Cupping After class in the morning, I went to Shmaila Hari department store in Hadda with Marie, Eelco and Sami. We went by dabab, the shared van service that operates along fixed routes.  Passengers pass the money up to the driver through other passengers.  Passengers seem to collect the money on behalf of the driver and ensure […]

Wadi Dhahr I waited outside school at 0815 for Eelco, Jamila and Maude.  We were going to the icon of Yemen’s tourism industry … Wadi Dhahr and the Dar Al Hajar palace on the edge of the city.  It has taken me two weeks to finally get there.  I had simply been too busy with bigger […]