Country Info
- Sanaa
- Capital
- Yemeni Rial (YER)
- Currency
- 18,078,035
- Population
- YE
- Country Code
Yemen Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Yemen
Hadhramaut (Part Two)
This is a top pick! ... we headed by taxi to Shibam, a small (tiny actually) city of mud-skyscrapers and one of three UNESCO world heritage sights in Yemen (Old Sana'a where I reside is another, and the town of Zabid the third). In fact it is credited as the first instance of ...
Turkish Bath
This is a top pick! ... , "I had a great time, thank you!". Okey dokey, well I guess this is the end for the time being. Insha'allah, I will return to Yemen in the new year as I'm now determined to crack this pain-in-the-ass language now that I've started. I've had a great 10 ...
The Big Match: Yemen vs. India!
This is a top pick! ... more enjoyable to watch had I been able to vent my frustration with some good old English chanting - unfortunately, this being Yemen and thus somewhat conservative, I hadn't had the bottle prior to the game to ask my teacher for the Arabic translations ...
Travelling North
This is a top pick! ... a mixture of mud and straw, yet still managed to maintain that elegance that I've become accustomed to during my short time in Yemen. Unlike any other Old City in Yemen, you can still walk along the Wall for the entire perimeter of the city. This was ...
My Yemenia article...
This is a top pick! ... to be published. Apparently, Yemenia have contacts with my school for any pieces of student work that reflect positive Western experiences in Yemen. They publish them in their magazine so as to boost tourism in the country. So, if any of you happen to ...
Aden - living it up and letting the hair down...
This is a top pick! ... sleep was thankfully forthcoming. The following morning I awoke with the slight gnawing of a hangover - such an alien feeling in Yemen. However, after a spot of breakfast we headed for the beach which I knew, in the obvious absence of fried bacon, ...
Kamaran
This is a top pick! I recently got back from my final little bit of travelling. Accompanied this time by Ally (the German guy), Fatima (the French girl) and Zahara (the British girl, but really just an ex-pat from Dubai), we ventured by bus to Hodeida on the Red Sea coast ...
Camping in the desert with the Bedouin
This is a top pick! On a recent trip to Hadhramaut, five other students and I spent a night camping out in the open desert with the Bedouin. Accompanying me on the trip were Elizabeth, Erin, Hema, Zach (all American) and Paula (Swedish). Having regaled my companions with ...
In search of the hottest place on earth..
This is a top pick! ... we prepared to leave the hotel to eat a much-needed meal, the hotel clerk asked for our passports - a standard procedure in Yemen. Unfortunately, in a rather large oversight, Evan had left his passport in Sana'a - 'mushkilla kabeera' (big problem). In ...
Back in Yemen... finally!
This is a top pick! ... compelled for now to purchase Season 1 having missed the second half of the series on TV because of my first trip to Yemen. Yesterday I joined a gym called 'The Officers' Club'. It's really expensive in Yemeni terms at $50 per month, and upon entry I ...
Yemeni reaction to Saddam's death sentence
This is a top pick! ... his favourite word). Well anyway, I think this newspaper is fairly representative of the general sentiment of people on the streets of Yemen to Saddam's death sentence. When they look at it they see only the sad demise from great strength of an Arab ...
So what's happening in Yemen these days..
This is a top pick! ... ' a few times, though we don't want to wear it out too quickly (though I think somehow the idea of going bowling in a country like Yemen will keep giving). I prefer pool as nobody can beat me but I suck at bowling, though my last score of 46 (no really) I ...
Hadhramaut - the bus ride from hell..
This is a top pick! ... as par for the course out here but not so my German companions who at 6.02pm were already bemoaning the poor level of Yemen efficiency: "shiser, veyer is dee bas, das is just not good." Upon its arrival we were immediately disappointed by the standard ...
Hangin' with Royalty
This is a top pick! ... and had apparently got bored of being waited on by her many servants back in Saudi (as you do, obviously), so had come to Yemen some years ago to earn an honest living. Well, whatever, she was just stunning - rather upsettingly so actually, as I have a ...
Travelling North (Part Two)
This is a top pick! ... -khair, Okay, so we've now got to Friday morning and we've finished our trip to Sa'ada, the supposedly dangerous part of Yemen - we weren't there that long and we did have a secret policeman following us around just in case, but at no stage during our ...
Ramadan cometh... bringeth the hunger pangs
This is a top pick! ... ) it's more likely that a close result would have led to violence. Either way, I'm disappointed... both for the people of Yemen who deserve better than a corrupt dictator in all but name, and for myself because I kinda wanted the excitement of civil ...
Ramadan endeth... cometh my pithy retrospective
This is a top pick! ... in itself a sacrifice of sorts I guess, but it sure made Ramadan easier. Had I been back in the West (or probably anywhere but Yemen) and had to maintain a 9-5 schedule, I'd have probably not made it. I also have to confess that I had to break my fast ...
Election fever - Middle East style!
This is a top pick! ... experiencing 'democracy' Middle Eastern style. It ain't just the weather that's hot here right now folks! A quick politics lesson: Yemen is a 'democracy', yet the rampantly corrupt President Saleh has held office for 28 years, receiving 96.5% of the vote ...
Catch-up
This is a top pick! Hello all, Not too much to report really, but just thought I'd check in. Actually - shock horror - since returning to class after Eid, and with the impetus of a new teacher, I've become a hard-working student. This is in stark contrast to the ...
Orientation
This is a top pick! ... my MA and I figured learning it properly would boost my employment prospects to go with the International Relations Masters. So, I chose Yemen because it's cheap, it's non-Westernised so you pick up the language quicker as you're forced more to use it, ...
Observations
This is a top pick! Evening all, Can I first of all thank you for the many emails you have sent me. So many in fact that I'm going to have to break my promise to answer them individually this time, but please don't let that deter you from writing in the future. ...
Marib: behind enemy lines
This is a top pick! ... rajul wa kalbahu' (every man and his dog) carries a Kalashnikov. It also accounts for almost all Western kidnappings in Yemen. However, despite these fairly logical reasons not to go, Marib is also home to some great archaeological sights, a remarkable ...
Hiking in Yemen's Haraz Mountains
... I awoke at 11 pm right when the performance finished and lay awake for the next 2 hours, imagining myself getting kidnapped in Yemen and then staging a daring escape after being held captive for 26 days. Then I made the talk-show circuit recounting ...
First full day in Yemen, up to Kawkaban
... ; I had great pleasure looking at the photos on my laptop later. They were some of the best photos I had gotten in Yemen yet. From Hababah I paid $2.50 for a taxi to Thilla where I found a pre-wedding celebration in progress. I wished ...
First Day in Yemen, "Arabia Felix"
... where I ordered some rice, a potato stew, and a bottle of water, all for a grand total of one dollar. I love Yemen's prices! I went to the Tourist Police station to get a permit to travel outside of Sana'a, and the areas on my plan were ...
Into the Haraz Mountains of Yemen
... before the qat could impart any sort of physical effect on me other than turning my saliva a bright green. I was finding Yemen to be stimulating without any assistance from a local drug. I decided to stay in Manakha instead of pushing on ...
Last day in Yemen
... about the only solo traveler in Yemen (never really spoke with any other travelers at all) Other comments and impressions of Yemen 1. Very good value country, with great prices for most everything. I averaged about $40/day, never paying more than ...
trip to surrounding villages
... ." "Is there any way you could find out how to use it before 4pm tomorrow? Because my flight is before then." "Let me think about it. No, sorry, I won't know until 4pm." hmmm. well, at least as far as Yemen, I'm sure there will be a next ...
Arabia Felix
Salaam Alaykum. Welcome to Yemen! This is the greeting I received from the customs officer who stamped my visa when I arrived in this wonderful jewel of a country it seems the modern world has largely passed by. Here ...