Country Info
- Sanaa
- Capital
- Yemeni Rial (YER)
- Currency
- 18,078,035
- Population
- YE
- Country Code
Yemen Slideshow
Yemen
Travel Blogs from Yemen
White bread, qat, and sweat pants
... the peeps from the school. They're a pretty nifty group of people. And you know we're all just slightly...off...because we chose Yemen. I'd heard rumor of fantastic cake at coffee trader and so after the nasty qat-ness we went via taxi. (We: Aaron, ...
My life as it stands
... to do of a Wednesday/ Friday night, Mustafa and myself accepted an offer to go to a break dancing/ rap thing. Yessir. In Yemen. Anyway, Joseph (aka Yousof) called and said he had two extra tickets besides the one for him and myself. Anyway I asked the ...
Back from Hadramawt & the'Manhattan of the Desert'
... to visit the Heraz mountains this week too, and spend a couple of days there walking. However, I do feel like I've done Yemen a reasonable justice in terms of places visited. I've enjoyed it all thoroughly, but now, naturally enough, I am looking ...
*Swear word
... me Sana'a and help me find clothes. I didn't find clothes but I followed Danielle, and Jeri, and Hannah around sleeping. (P.S. Yemen has these GIANT denominations. 1,000 riyals is practically zip. (For us.) It was mostly a blur. Ended getting coffee with ...
Not my fault this is late, the internet was down
... fusool I think), two cups of tea, and some orange Tang. Overall quite satisfying. And then Aaron (America), Felix (France), and I (Yemen) went in search of a Western Union to exchange some money and get a little time about town. We started in Maydan ...
Day late and a dollar short
I know I'm a day behind but I'm struggling to keep up... Okay two quick notes to start the blog: Still no sign of my luggage and I got the coolest phone EVER! I'm mean for goodness sake it has a...wait for it... FLASHLIGHT. I ...
"Alex"
... myself at Bab al Yemen (the famous entrance to the Old City (now I'm doing it on purpose) that I think I've mentioned before. In Yemen walking around the unlit back streets I've never felt unsafe nor have I been pestered in any way, shape, or form. People ...
Day 2 in Sanaa
The morning of the second day in Sanna, Kate and I went walking again around the old city. In the afternoon, Nick arrived. That evening we made plans to head out into the Yemen ...
From Yemen Orde to Haifa
The day began at Yemen Orde a youth village. fabulous commitment to youth, " mission that there fare no unclaimed child in the world. Kids coming from brokenness. (See photos) Then to the Israel silicon valley. Visited InSighTec, medical technology ...
Yemen Countryside and Villages
No it's not April fools, I'm really in Yemen. :) Tasha, the Brooklyn high school teacher, joins us; Qais's father picked up early this morning; and we will spend the day touring the Yemeni countryside. Tonight will be spent in the small mountain ...
Journey to Yemen
... . I didn't want to leave; I promised to return. Yemen's history goes back to the very beginnings of human civilization. Yemen is the ancestral home of the Arab race, and some even theorize that it was the historical location of the biblical Garden of ...
My first 2 months in Yemen
... everywhere I go. I say almost because there was one place that I did not feel welcome. That was a business where I was purchasing a Yemen style charcoal stove for my patio. It was more of a if you want it there it is, take it and ...
I'm not coming home...yet.
... . I have never had culture shock before...not in Japan, UAE, Turkey, Oman...never until I arrived in this foreign land o' Yemen. Describing my culture shock is difficult because I cannot pinpoint what affected me so greatly. The layout of the old ...
My Yemeni Family
... Perhaps this was a sign of hospitality or maybe a blunt hint that I should have in fact showered today. Showers are overrated in Yemen, especially when the water is always ice-cold. More stories of my escapades with my fam de la Yemen to come ...
Digestive system blues
... I referred to in my previous entry? Apparently my bowels decided to jump on the bandwagon. Prior to coming to Yemen, I thought I was invincible. I thought my body could handle anything. Tap water in every country visited, pig's ear cartilage, raw ...
I am here, just been lazy...
The title of my entry explains it all. My life in Yemen the past 3 weeks has been quite fulfilling and I really didn't feel up to writing anything on my blog. My ...
I am still alive. So very alive.
Quick note because I am still feeling quite crappy from the Malaria medication I was taking to treat the Malaria that I in fact did not have. Damn the doctor in Al-Khokha and his $5 Fisher Price microscope. I am on my way home from a week's holiday for ...
Arrival in Sana'a
... here speaks English. Nobody. And it is a darn good thing as that was one of my main reasons for deciding to study in Yemen. Ramadan started two days again and although I had no plans to convert to Islam and join in on the fasting festivities, it ...
All kinds of randomness
... we concluded that in celebration of the momentous 30th birthday and perhaps the coming of a large anxiety attack/midlife crisis (he's in Yemen...quite a midlife crisis in itself if you ask me), we wanted to rent a donkey. What? This seems odd to you? ...
Home again home again jiggity jig
... to USAID and UNICEF to include along with poptarts in care packages to be dropped in various impoverished locations around the world. Yemen included. The teddy bear served multiple purposes. First of all, it made me laugh. This was not the reason ...
Rain, rain...stay!
The dark grey sky opened its gates today, rain pouring forth on the city of Sanaa below as children skipped over puddles and men raced for cover. To onlookers, my actions might have resembled that of a mental patient escapee (though such things as ...
The martyr
... 3 weeks has accordingly produced an increase in martyr posters covering city walls, motorbikes, and bus windows. When I returned to Yemen, shortly after Eid Adha (the Muslim holiday just before the Islamic New Year) I tried to refrain from asking ...
A look back on my eid holiday
... Learning about the ins and outs of the Yemeni healthcare system - Showering in hot water for the second time since I have been in Yemen. Natural hot springs. They mean hot. - Traveling in a shared taxi - a station wagon - with 11 people in ...
Hiking trip - Shibam and Kawkaban
1000 feet up, trailed by three "mountain children" (similar to mountain goats...follow at your tail, eat strange berries and grasses along the path and speak in gargled sounds), a Slovak by my side and about 2500 feet to go. To get to Kawkaban there are ...
Plage de sable blanc
Et oui un nouvel email, finalement c'est moderne le Yémen. Je vous écris d'Aden, la ville ou a vécu Rimbaud. On vient de se taper 9 heures de bagnole. Il y a un coin paradisiaque sur la côte. Les touristes venaient et dormaient sur la ...
Ramadan
Salut, Afin d'avoir la totale (enlèvement et élection), j'ai eu le droit au premier jour du Ramadan. Ville morte jusqu'à 13h00. Il faut éviter de boire ou de manger dans la rue car les locaux font ceinture. Par contre dans la guesthouse, ...
Ca va faire du bien de revoir des femmes
Salut, la prochaine fois que vous voulez m'empêcher de rentrer en France, essayez de trouver des gars pas trop bras cassé ! Ils ont pas été bons vos bédouins du dimanche... Visite de Shahara, comme je vous l'avais dit, ça pouvait être ...
