Tuesday, 19. May 2009, 23:24:28
yemen, sana
The next night my friend arrived (again at 3 am) and we were to leave for a tour to Shibam / Kawkaban and Thula (and Manakha + Al Hajarrah next day) - the famous villages around Sana. In Shibam, a group of locals asked us to make a photo to send them later. I don’t know how Yemeni postal system works, but I hope they’ll be able to deliver a message knowing only a name of a man and a city %)
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Tuesday, 19. May 2009, 20:19:36
people, arabs, lifestyle, yemen
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It was late night when I arrived to Sana. Not having any luggage (except carry on) is a sweet habit I try to follow, which among other benefits includes smiles of a great relief at the airport check-in counters and an extra fast “check-out” after landing. Usually this means that you would have a good chance of not being noticed by police, since they normally watch for the most of the people (which wait for their luggage). That was not the case this time: even though I was fast, I was approached by somebody, who with no apparent reason made me proceed to the tourist office where I was presented some free (but pretty useless) brochures. That was unusual. And that is when I realized that finally I was in another world. The world that I missed since I left Morocco last year.
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