Yemen

Yemen – between Taiz and Red Sea_2006P1130199

Yemen – east of Al-Hudaydah – Western Highlands – village and its people – market_2006P1130388

Yemen_Sanaa_2006_P1120868

Yemen – going south from Sanaa – fortified village_2006P1130011

Yemen – Aden – harbor_2006P1130111

Y-06 Yemen trip
Date of travel: Nov 1 – Nov 24, 2006

ITINERARY:
On Nov 1 in mid morning I left Vista in a rented car for Los Angeles airport. From there I fly in the afternoon with Lufthansa Airlines to Frankfurt, Germany where in the morning on Nov 2. Here I am changing the plane for one leaving after 1 PM via Cairo to the capital of YEMEN, Sana, where at 9:30 PM. In Sana I joined the other travelers.

On Nov 3 sightseeing Sana and a village Beit Bows in its vicinity. Here I meet Ihab Zaki originally from Egypt, who organizes our Yemeni trip with his Spiekemann Travel Service. In the afternoon walk through the old Sana with its typical historical high rise buildings. The following day is a daytrip in 4WD’s to Haraz region, where the best coffee is grown. Day after that we leave Sana for Jibla, Ibb and Taiz. From Taiz a daytrip to explore Aden the country economic center. Nov 7 from Taiz to a fishing village of Khawkha with a boat ride on the Red Sea. After a night here we drive in our Toyota Land Cruisers via Zabid, where algebra is said to have been invented, to Hodeidah again on the Red Sea. Next day we drive inland to a mountainous town Mahwit to spend the whole day in it. Then a day of visits to fortified Tawill, Kawkaban, Shiban, Thula to spend a night in Hajjah. On Nov 12 more stops at Kohlan, Amran, Wadi Dhar and the return to the capital Sana.
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