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8 November 2008
Even though this is my fourth (arguably fifth) stay in Yemen, daily activities still put a smile on my face. Like buying bread or sipping of cuppa tea. Its just seems better in Yemen. Or sometimes just different: People here seem cooperative rather than competitive … eg. restaurants will sometimes get you something from next […]
7 November 2008
Above: Big lunch at Adnan’s. Adnan, my former teacher and Marie’s teacher, invited us for lunch with his family today. It was a lovely meal. Marie is helping fund the education of the oldest boy who now goes to a private school instead of a government school. We got our travel permit yesterday for our […]
6 November 2008
Just before bed time we heard a chorus of cars tooting their horns … they came closer and closer and then we saw a convoy coming up our street. Some cars were decorated. Aaahh … a wedding we thought. Perhaps in the rural areas, there would be firing of the AK47s but firearms are not […]
5 November 2008
Civil war Last trip I bought souvenirs from Yemen (for the first time) fearing that I’d never be back. Now I fear (perhaps unfounded) that global events and the civil war in Saada may worsen… and the country would not be safe for any foreigner. So I thought I’d go shooting with my camera. Trust […]
3 November 2008
Above: Our two helpers … one big wheelbarrow and one small one. One young man and child labour. We moved into our new home today. With the paid help of a boy and a young man and their wheel barrows, we moved Marie’s stuff over from Kristina’s flat … plus our wheely travelbags in tow. We […]
2 November 2008
Marie had sent her feelers out for possible accommodation. This morning we got a phone call from a Yemeni friend of hers (and her French husband) who had a place available. Instead of settling into the nitty-gritty of the rental issue, we went out for lunch … then went to the house where we settled […]
1 November 2008
Above: Hello Kitty’s birthday! Today, being the first of November, is Hello Kitty’s Birthday. Not that I’m a fan of that Japanese cartoon cat. But I came across a picture of it in Hong Kong saying that it was born in London on 1 November! Why London?!?! It is only my second night back in […]
30 October 2008
I had booked a night into a relatively cheap Panorama Deira Hotel in Dubai for my overnight. With the scheduled flights arriving from JFK at 1945 and departing for Sana’a at 0710, it would have been a little cruel to oneself to spend the night at the airport after a sleepless night flight. But it […]
25 January 2008
After breakfast at the Ras Hotel, we taxied to the airport. I was homeward bound. Back to Sana’a, my home-away-from-home, for an overnight. Then Dubai overnight, Hong Kong and hopefully Auckland thereafter on standby. The Ethiopian Airlines B737 was chocka to Djibouti but nearly empty for the second leg to Sana’a. The transit in Djibouti […]
