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 |