Shibam-Kawkaban, Yemen Photo Gallery by Brian McMorrow at pbase.com

Shibam-Kawkaban, Yemen

Part of a day trip from Sana'a, Shibam and Kawkaban, in the governate of Al-Mahwit, are interesting towns at the base and summit of Jebel Kawkaban. It's a different Shibam from the more famous town in Wadi Hadramawt in eastern Yemen.

Driving from Wadi Dhahr to Shibam-Kawkaban, about an hour west of Sana'a	Qat plantations enroute to Shibam-Kawkaban	Most of the greenery around Sana'a is Qat	Rocky landscape between Sana'a and Shibam-Kawkaban
Sana'a to Shibam-Kawkaban	Yemeni man along the road to Shibam	Sana'a to Shibam-Kawkaban highway	The horse is the symbol of the ruling General People's Congress (GPC)
Yemeni boys near Shibam	We stopped for lunch at the Hamedda Tourism Hotel and Restaurant, Shibam	The cook, Hamedda Restaurant	Sitting on the floor Yemeni style
Our fellow diners	Food for 4 for 1500 rials	Treasure of Shibam-Kawkaban shop	Shibam (Al-Mahwit)
Shibam (Al-Mahwit)	Boy in Shibam (Al-Mahwit)	Shibam (Al-Mahwit)	A cave studded mountain rises behind the town of Shibam
Shibam (Al-Mahwit)	Shibam (Al-Mahwit)	Cliffs and caves above Shibam (Al-Mahwit)	Shibam (Al-Mahwit)
Cactus on the mountain at Shibam (Al-Mahwit)	Cactus, Shibam (Al-Mahwit)	Cactus, Shibam (Al-Mahwit)	Mosque of Shibam (Al-Mahwit)
Shibam (Al-Mahwit)	Girl in Shibam (Al-Mahwit)	View over Shibam (Al-Mahwit)	Shibam (Al-Mahwit)
Shibam (Al-Mahwit)	Local boy in Shibam (Al-Mahwit), Yemen	He offered us the fruit of the prickly pear cactus	The he showed us the donkey that lives under his house
Boy and donkey in Shibam	Shibam (Al-Mahwit)	Shibam (Al-Mahwit)	Shibam (Al-Mahwit)
Mosque of Shibam (Al-Mahwit)	Shibam (Al-Mahwit)	Boy in Shibam (Al-Mahwit)	Shibam (Al-Mahwit)
Sign for an office in Shibam	Shibam (Al-Mahwit) Yemen	Shibam (Al-Mahwit)	The Chinese built a road to connect Shibam with the mountaintop village of Kawkaban
Shibam-Kawkaban Road	Shibam-Kawkaban Road	Shibam-Kawkaban Road	Shibam-Kawkaban Road
Village in the valley below the Shibam-Kawkaban Road	Shibam-Kawkaban Road	Shibam-Kawkaban Road	Distinctive mountain across the valley from Kawkaban
Yemeni shepherd girl	Shibam-Kawkaban Road	Kawkaban sits at the top of a flat topped mountain	Shibam-Kawkaban Road
Kawkaban	Approaching Kawkaban	City walls of Kawkaban, Yemen	City wall of Kawkaban
The path from Shibam to Kawkaban	Welcome to Kawkaban	Kawkaban	The gate to Kawkaban is supposedly still locked at night
Old inscription tablet, Kawkaban	Kids in Kawkaban	Kawkaban, Yemen	Boy with jambiya (dagger), Kawkaban
Multilingual girl in Kawkaban	Boy with jambiya, Kawkaban, Yemen	Kawkaban	Kawkaban
Kawkaban	View from the village of Kawkaban to the road and valley below	Kawkaban	Cistern and mosque in Kawkaban
Kawkaban	Kawkaban	Boy with an injured leg in Kawkaban	Planets Tower and the hotel Al Taj Tourist Hotel, Kawkaban
Kawkaban	Kawkaban	The sun is the symbol of the Islah, or Reform Party, a tribal and religious alliance	Boy in Kawkaban
Boy with his Jambiya, Kawkaban	Looking down on Shibam from Kawkaban	Shibam from Kawkaban	Looking across Shibam to Thilla, our next stop
Roy in Kawkaban	Roy with Shibam	Heading back down the mountain	Al Taj Tourist Hotel add with GPC (horse) and Islah party (sun) grafitti

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Sverre Lunde		10-Nov-2011 20:31
Very interesting to see your pictures from places I have, and not have been to. Maybe you will see some of my photoes from some of these countries? My homepage is www.sverrelunde.com. I am from Norway, the language I use is unfortunately Norwegian. I mark your site into my favourites! Regards Sverre Lunde, Nesbyen, Norway

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