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Yemen Trip No. 4

How many times can one person go to Yemen? Well, I don't know, but I went again. I'm still here, in fact, sitting in a fancy-schmancy coffee shop with free wi-fi sipping a latte. I came here for two weeks because I had to leave my housing in Dubai and my housing in Cairo where was not ready yet. So what better place to spend 15 days than Sana'a? Okay, there's conceivably a long list of place names one could use to answer that question fairly reasonably. But I like Sana'a. Most of these are from the city. Some friends came down from Dubai and we went up to Menakah. So some pictures are in the mountains.
Barren landscape, with cow and cliff
Barren landscape, with cow and cliff		 A small burst of a village. Why, we keep asking ourselves, build up?
A small burst of a village. Why, we keep asking ourselves, build up?		 Camels
Camels		 Kids in Wadi Dar. I told them my name was Mohamed. They didn't buy it.
Kids in Wadi Dar. I told them my name was Mohamed. They didn't buy it.		 Canyon wall, the canyon enclosing Imam Yahya's palace
Canyon wall, the canyon enclosing Imam Yahya's palace		 Kid, shadow
Kid, shadow
In Sana'a's Souq, by the door district
In Sana'a's Souq, by the door district		 Hodge podge
Hodge podge		 Jamila!
Jamila!		 By the Bab al Yemen
By the Bab al Yemen		 This guy is being applauded. I tried to get a shot of him playing his guitar thingy, but missed it.
This guy is being applauded. I tried to get a shot of him playing his guitar thingy, but missed it.		 Donkey, cacti
Donkey, cacti
Village kid, selling tchotchkes
Village kid, selling tchotchkes		 Rock diving
Rock diving		 L'Amour
L'Amour		 Terraced agriculture, gone to rot
Terraced agriculture, gone to rot		 Kid, truck
Kid, truck		 Peering face
Peering face
Crow
Crow		 Tough ass punk
Tough ass punk		 Sana'a House, piled with oil drums
Sana'a House, piled with oil drums		 Night shot, nice alley
Night shot, nice alley		 Another night shot
Another night shot		 Parking lot, park what you got
Parking lot, park what you got
I have a photograph of this street in every yemen galleray
I have a photograph of this street in every yemen galleray		 Night shot, fruit stall
Night shot, fruit stall		 It rained a lot. The wadi surrounding old city turned into a canal.
It rained a lot. The wadi surrounding old city turned into a canal.		 Mosque by the bab al yemen
Mosque by the bab al yemen		 Fearless Leader, Uncle Ali
Fearless Leader, Uncle Ali		 Rather elaborately decorated chair
Rather elaborately decorated chair
Kid in the rocks
Kid in the rocks		 It rained a lot. Shot this out my hotel window
It rained a lot. Shot this out my hotel window		 This guy invited me in to photograph him.
This guy invited me in to photograph him.		 Kid
Kid		 Out in New Sana'a
Out in New Sana'a		 Arabia Felix sign, some people crossing the wadi
Arabia Felix sign, some people crossing the wadi
Dogs
Dogs		 Shop
Shop		 Cat
Cat		 Toothless kid
Toothless kid		 Abaya and cats
Abaya and cats		 Marksman
Marksman
Seemed like a nice kid. Got back to my hotel and noticed I'd taken a picture of Satan.
Seemed like a nice kid. Got back to my hotel and noticed I'd taken a picture of Satan.		 Fruit shop,market street outside Yemen gate
Fruit shop,market street outside Yemen gate		 Also outside Yemen gate
Also outside Yemen gate		 Yemen gate
Yemen gate		 Somali refugee. Met him at some roundabout where he washed cars all day.
Somali refugee. Met him at some roundabout where he washed cars all day.		 Classic Sana'a tableau
Classic Sana'a tableau
Texting
Texting		 Yemeni
Yemeni

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saleh mohammed ali qardash 24-Oct-2007 22:49
me as a yemani from aden city had highly appreciated to view all that big and nice numbers of snaps about my country and could be introduced to all viewers worldwide, i would suggest that snaps and photos should not only consentrated on sana'a the oldest city in the world but should cover all the yemen marvellious views all over the united yemen, including the other face of yemen that's aden the lovely city which should take also interests of the viewers world-wide, i hope to see that in your next exerts and thankful attempts, i am glad to help if u need that by all means, again much appreciation and best regards,
saleh mohammed ali qardash, dar-sa'ad, aden, mobile 00967 777 579 218/711156080
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