Jemen 2006
Y-06 - Zajezd do Jemenu Termin cesty: 1.11. - 24. 11 2006 PROGRAM: Dne 1.11. dopoledne odjizdim z Visty autem z pujcovny na letiste do Los Angeles. Z neho odletam odpoledne s Lufthansou do Frankfurtu v Nemecku, kde jsem dopoledne 2.11. Zde menim letadlo, kterym pak letim ve 13 hod. pres Kahiru do Sana v Jemenu, kde ve 21:30 hod. V Sana se pripojuji ke skupine turistu. Dne 3.11. si prohlizime Sana a vesnici Beit Bows v jeji blizkosti. Setkavam se tu s Ihabem Zaki pochazejicim z Egypta, ktery zorganizoval nasi cestu po Jemenu s jeho Spiekermann Travel Service. Odpoledne mame prochazku starym mestem. Tato cast Sana je typicka svymi nekolik set let starymi vyskovymi stavbami. Dalsi den podnikame jednodenni vylet v terennich autech do regionu Haraz, kde se pestuje nejlepsi kava. Den nato opoustime Sana, abychom navstivili mesta Jibla, Ibb a dorazili do mesta Taiz. Odtud podnikame jednodenni cestu do Adenu, ktery je ekonomickym centrem Jemenu. Dne 7.11. odjizdime z Taizu do rybarske vesnice Khawkha, kde podnikame vylet na clunu po Rudem mori. Po noci zde stravene jedeme v nasich Land Cruiser Toyotach pres Zabid, kde byla udajne vymyslena algebra, do Hodeidah take na Rudem mori. Den nato pokracujeme do vnitrozemi do horskeho mesta Mahwit, kde travime cely den. Nasleduji navstevy opevnenych osad Tawill, Kawkaban, Shiban, Thula a na noc jsme ve meste Hajjah. Dne 12.11. dalsi zastavky v Kohlan, Amran, Wadi Dhar s navratem do hlavniho mesta Sana. Dne 13.11. odjizdime ze Sana, jez je nejakych 2300 m nad morem, vychodnim smerem zajimavymi horami dolu do Baraqish, byvale hlavni mesto kralovstvi Main. Jizda pokracuje do legendarniho hlavniho mesta Sabaen pobliz Marib-u, kde vladla kralovna Sheba. Prohlizime si ruiny Bar’an temple a dalsi chramy a znamou prehradu, na niz bylo zavisle kralovstvi Sheby nejakych tisic let. Pres nas vojensky doprovod nas mistni po zuby ozbrojeni muzi na pick-up trucks znervoznuji. Pristi rano jedeme tak zv. Prazdnou ctvrti, jez je jednou z nejkrasnejsich pousti Arabie, Na noc jsme v Seyun-u, kde a v jeho okoli travime cely den a navstevujeme Shibam nazyvany “Manhattan pouste” pro jeho historicke mrakodrapy vystupujici z pisku pouste. Odtud jedeme na jih urodnym Hadramawt-em do mesta Mukalla na brezich Arabskeho more. Dalsi 3 dny travime na ostrove Socotra, ktery je nazyvan “Galapagy” Indickeho oceanu pro jeho jedinecne zivocichy a rostlinstvo casto edemicke tomuto ostrovu. Dne 20.11. odletame ze Socotry pres Mukallu zpet do Sana. Den nato se vraci nase skupina do svych domovu, avsak ja zustavam v Sana dalsi tri dny sam. Dne 24.11. odletam ze Sana do Addis Ababa v Ethiopii, abych tam zacal dalsi cestu. Cestovni kancelar: Spiekermann Travel Service - jeji majitel, Ihab Zaki, s nami stravil nekolik dni. Ucast: Bylo nas 11 cestovatelu plus profesorka Denis Schmandt-Besserat, ktera byla vedouci, jemensky pruvodce a Ihab, ktery byl s nami nekolik dni.
Map of the trip Yemen 2006
Yemen Sanaa Old City 2006
Yemen Sanaa 2006
Yemen - Sanaa 2006
Yemen - Sanaa - Maydan at-Tahrir (Square of Liberation) 2006
Yemen - outside Sanaa - Beit Bows fortified village 2006
Yemen - outside Sanaa - under Beit Bows fortified village - originally Jewish community 2006
Yemen - outside Sanaa - Beit Bows fortified village 2006
Yemen - outside Sanaa - at Beit Bows fortified village - local women 2006
Yemen - outside Sanaa - Beit Bows fortified village - local father and daughter 2006
Yemen - outside Sanaa - view from the Beit Bows fortified village 2006
Yemen - Sanaa - Bab al-Yaman (Gate of Yemen) - the entrance to the Old City 2006
Yemen - Sanaa - at Bab al-Yaman (Gate of Yemen) - in the Old City 2006
Yemen - Sanaa - at Bab al-Yaman (Gate of Yemen) - in the Old City - a local boy with a dagger 2006
Yemen - Sanaa - at Bab al-Yaman (Gate of Yemen) - in the Old City 2009
Yemen - Sanaa - Old City - from the roof of old caravanserai 2006
Yemen - Sanaa - Old City - from the roof of old caravanserai 2006
Yemen - Sanaa - Old City - our guide Hassan with a local man 2006
Yemen - Sanaa - Old City - kids playing with real weapons 2006
Yemen - Sanaa - Old City - mother and daughter at the wall of the Great Mosque 2006
Yemen - Sanaa - Old City - Yemen car licence plate 2006
Yemen - Sanaa - Old City - Al-Aqil Mosque 2006
Yemen - Sanaa - a river bed used as a highway 2006
Yemen - near Sanaa - Monument to fallen Egyptian soldiers in Yemeni Civil War in 1962 2006
Yemen - near Sanaa - at Monument to fallen Egyptian soldiers in Yemeni Civil War in 1962 - our drivers (my Abdulah right) 2006
Yemen - west of Sanaa - a fortified village - signs of sun of another party in recent elections 2006
Yemen - west of Sanaa - fields are on terraces - some shelters at the highway 2006
Yemen - west of Sanaa - a fortified village and qat trees 2006
Yemen - west of Sanaa - Manakha (town) 2006
Yemen - west of Sanaa - Al-Hajjarah 2006
Yemen - south of Sanaa - south of Yarim - a woman carries containers with water 2006
Yemen - City of Ibb 2006
Yemen - Jiblah - Street of Queen Arwa 2006
Yemen - Jiblah 2006
Yemen - Jiblah 2006
Yemen - south of Taiz - camels 2006
Yemen - Aden - harbor 2006
Yemen - Aden - At-Tawila Cisterns (Tanks of Aden) 2006
Yemen - Aden - At-Tawila Cisterns (Tanks of Aden) 2006
Yemen - between Aden and Taiz - a newer bridge across wadi 2006
Yemen - Taiz - Al-Ashrafiya Mosque 2006
Yemen - Taiz - Al-Mudhaffar Mosque 2006
Yemen - Khawkha at Red Sea - Greater Flamingos 2006
Yemen - Khawkha at Red Sea - from a boat 2006
Yemen - Zabid 2006
Yemen - Zabid - the 3rd oldest mosque in Yemen 2006
Yemen - Zabid - Citadel - Nasr Palace (now goverment building) 2006
Yemen - Zabid - Citadel 2006
Yemen - Zabid - Citadel - Granary Museum - water pipes 2006
Yemen - Al-Hudaydah - harbor and fish market - hammerhead shark 2006
Yemen - Al-Hudaydah - our hotel Al-Fakhama - view from my room 2006
Yemen - Al-Hudaydah - harbor and fish market 2006
Yemen - east of Al-Hudaydah - camel sign 2006
Yemen - east of Al-Hudaydah - a village 2006
Yemen - east of Al-Hudaydah - Western Highlands - market 2006
Yemen - Western Highlands - local girl 2006
Yemen - Western Highlands - local house, cows and bee hives 2006
Yemen - Western Highlands - town of Mahwit - our hotel Al-Mahweet 2006
Yemen - Western Highlands - town of Mahwit - our hotel Al-Mahweet 2006
Yemen - Western Highlands - near Mahwit 2006
Yemen - Western Highlands - near Mahwit 2006
Yemen - Western Highlands - near Mahwit - young shepherd 2006
Yemen - Western Highlands - near Mahwit 2006
Yemen - Western Highlands - near Mahwit 2006
Yemen - Western Highlands - near Mahwit - local people 2006
Yemen - Western Highlands - near Mahwit 2006
Yemen - Western Highlands - from Mahwit to Hajjah - Tawilah 2006
Yemen - Western Highlands - from Mahwit to Hajjah - Tawilah 2006
Yemen - Western Highlands - from Mahwit to Hajjah - Kawkaban - cistern 2006
Yemen - Western Highlands - from Mahwit to Hajjah - Kawkaban - cistern - water for gardening 2006
Yemen - Western Highlands - from Mahwit to Hajjah - Shibam - our lunch restaurant 2006
Yemen - Western Highlands - from Mahwit to Hajjah - Shibam - our lunch restaurant 2006
Yemen - Western Highlands - from Mahwit to Hajjah - Thula - cistern 2006
Yemen - Western Highlands - from Mahwit to Hajjah - Thula 2006
Yemen - from Hajjah to Sanaa - Kohlan 2006
Yemen - from Hajjah to Sanaa - Imam Ahmed Palac 2006
Yemen - from Hajjah to Sana'a - Imam Ahmed Palac 2006
Yemen - Sanaa - National Museum 2006
Yemen - from Sanaa to Marib - we go in convay with military escort 2006
Yemen - from Sanaa to Marib - we go in convay with military escort - local tribesman 2006
Yemen - from Sanaa to Marib - we go in convay with military escort - ancient Baraqish 2006
Yemen - Marib - our Bilqish Mareb Hotel - view from balcony of my room 2006
Yemen - from Sanaa to Marib - ancient Baraqish 2006
Yemen - around Marib - Arsh Bilqis (Throne of Queen Saba) also Temple of the Moon 2006
Yemen - around Marib - Old Marib 2006
Yemen - in Ramlat as-Sabatayn desert - sand dune - our 4WDs 2006
Yemen - in Ramlat as-Sabatayn desert - raising on the sand 2006
Yemen - in Ramlat as-Sabatayn desert - Old Shabwa (ancient capital of Hadramout kingdom) 2006
Yemen - in Ramlat as-Sabatayn desert - Old Shabwa - salt mine 2006
Yemen - Wadi Hadramout 2006
Yemen - Wadi Hadramout - Shibam (Manhattan of the desert) 2006
Yemen - Wadi Hadramout - Seyun - Katrihi Sultans Palace 2006
Yemen - Wadi Hadramout - Seyun - Katrihi Sultans Palace - local man 2006
Yemen - Wadi Hadramout - Seyun - mosque 2006
Yemen - Wadi Hadramout - Seyun 2006
Yemen - Wadi Hadramout - Tomb of a spiritual leader
Yemen - Wadi Hadramout - east of Seyun 2006
Yemen - Wadi Hadramout - east of Seyun - lime production 2006
Yemen - Wadi Hadramout - east of Seyun - sun backed brick production 2006
Yemen - Wadi Hadramout - east of Seyun - Aynat - cemetery 2006
Yemen - Wadi Hadramout - east of Seyun - Tarim - Sultan's Palace 2006
Yemen - Wadi Hadramout - west of Seyum - Shibam 2006
Yemen - Wadi Hadramout - west of Seyum - Shibam 2006
Yemen - Wadi Hadramout - west of Seyum - Shibam - kids 2006
Yemen - Wadi Hadramout - ruins of a village - east of Hawra 2006
Yemen - Wadi Hajjarayn - Al-Mashhad village - tomb of Ali Al-Ataz
Yemen - Wadi Hajjarayn - Hajjarayn 2006
Yemen - Wadi Hajjarayn - at Hajjarayn 2006
Yemen - leaving Wadi Daw'an - town Al-Khurayba 2006
Yemen - Mukalla 2006
Yemen - Mukalla - suq 2006
Yemen - Mukalla 2006
Yemen - Socotra Island - north shore - going from the airport to Hadibo 2006
Yemen - Socotra Island - Rawgad Mountains 2006
Yemen - Socotra Island - Rawgad Mountains - local people 2006
Yemen - Socotra Island - Rawgad Mountains - Socotran Myrrh with fruit 2006
Yemen - Socotra Island - north shore - Greater Flamingo and Western Reef Heron (dark morf) 2006
Yemen - Socotra Island - center of the island - Dragens Blood Tree 2006
Yemen - Socotra Island - center of the island - Socotran Desert Rose 2006
Yemen - Socotra Island - center of the island - Wadi de Arhar 2006
Yemen - Socotra Island - center of the island - Wadi de Arhar - place for our lunch 2006
Yemen - Socotra Island - center of the island - Wadi de Arhar 2006
Yemen - Socotra Island - center of the island - Wadi de Arhar - Egyption Vultures 2006
Yemen - Socotra Island - center of the island - camels 2006
Yemen - Socotra Island - northwestern shore - Qalansiya village - local children 2006
Yemen - Socotra Island - northwestern shore - Qalansiya village - boat harbor 2006
Yemen - Socotra Island - on the boat along western part of the island - boat crew 2006
Yemen - Socotra Island - on the boat along western part of the island - Lesser Crested Terns 2006
Yemen - Socotra Island - on the boat along western part of the island - likely Slender-billed Curlew 2006
Yemen - Socotra Island - Shuab Beach - crabs 2006
Yemen - Socotra Island - on the boat along western part of the island - dolphins 2006
Yemen - Sanaa - buildings around Taj Tahla Hotel 2006
Yemen - Sanaa - old town from the roof of Taj Tahla Hotel 2006