Country Info
- Sanaa
- Capital
- Yemeni Rial (YER)
- Currency
- 18,078,035
- Population
- YE
- Country Code
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Yemen
Travel Blogs from Yemen
Kalashnikov et Djembia
Salut à tous, C'est reparti pour un petit tour en Arabie heureuse. Demain yallah yallah. J'essayerai d'envoyer des emails mais vu le pays, c'est possible que je sois rentré avant qu'ils arrivent, alors je ne vous parle même pas des belles cartes ...
Ah, quelle chaleur
Salut, J'ai eu le fin mot de l'histoire concernant le coup de feu lors des problèmes avec les bédouins. En fait, c'est un des chauffeurs espagnols qui en sortant la kalachnikov de la voiture a involontairement tiré dans le marche pied de sa ...
Au pays des bédouins
Salut, je me suis gouré pour l'heure de la prière; l'appel se fait à 4h du mat jusqu'a 5h. Impossible de dormir. Au moins avec nos curetons, ils font sonner les cloches 10 secondes et c'est terminé. Je sais pas ce qu'il racontait le gars en haut de ...
Tentative d'enlèvement, la suite
Salam aleikoum everybody, Je comprends mieux maintenant pourquoi, l'agence nous a joint très rapidement, en fait c'est le groupe suivant qui s'est fait chopper. Est ce qu'ils étaient sans escorte ou est-ce que les flics ont merdé ? ...
May 12, 2012 - Sea Day - Day 31
Cruise Day 13 of Segment 2 - PIRATES I have not mentioned the Security on the ship yet. When we first got on each segment, we had to attend a muster call. This is where you go to your cabin, get your life jackets and report ...
Ca va être chaud la fin des vacances
En fait, je viens d'accompagner un gars qui bosse dans la station radio locale, c'est lui qui m'a montré où était le cyber café et il voulait à tout prix que je vienne voir sa radio : radio Hajjah, si ça branche quelqu'un... J'étais assis à la ...
May 10, 2012 - Sea Day - Day 29
Cruise Day 11 of Segment 2 - Food Today was a day to get everything organized for the next segment of the trip. We had to attend a meeting to fill out all of our arrival and departure cards, drop off our passports and got information on ...
May 11, 2012 - Sea Day - Day 30
Cruise Day 12 of Segment 2 Another hot and humid day 33C! It is so relaxing to sit by the pool and read your book. We are finally starting to relax and it is already Day 29. We cannot believe how fast time goes while on ...
Assalam Aleykoum
... 's je vais dormir dans des hôtels plutôt moyen, je me suis réservé une chambre dans le meilleur hôtel du Yemen... Je m'attends à des remarques sur mon côté routard du dimanche...mais bon, rien ne vous empêche de me rejoindre... des ...
Un bonjour de l'Hadramaout
Salut les travailleurs... Je suis allé dans un coin au nord est du Yémen. La température est assez cool, environ 39 (pas d'erreur dans les chiffres!!) degrés à midi à l'intérieur d'un bouiboui... je peux pas garder les ...
Tentative d'enlèvement
Non, c'est pas une connerie, pas une blague. Je suis très sérieux, voilà ce qui s'est passé : Pour rejoindre Aden, on prend une route qui passe par le territoire des bédouins donc on est accompagné par une voiture de flic. Je dis 'on' ...
Dixam Plateau
Dixam Plateau is located in the central part of Socotra. You will be lead here by a good asphalt road which you can follow to get to Noget – the south coast of the Island. When leaving the main road, you will drive by a small village where you can ...
YEMEN- IT’S THE REAL THING
Pictures from Hypertravel: 100 Countries in 2 Years (Backpackers' Guide to the World and the Soul) by Hardie Karges, more info at ...
A trip to Ibb and Jibla
... silver sparkles showed up at the taxi stand. I immediately thought "Russian". There are a lot of Russians in southern Yemen, as it was a former Communist country. A lot of them dress conservatively, but some of them don't. But you ...
In The Red Sea
(We passed Aden, and neither did we stop there. The Aden reference is for travel-map purposes only) Muscat to Sokhna, Egypt. 16 April 2012 The Australian warship HMAS Melbourne did a pass for us, and had their chopper in the air whilst they did so. It ...
Weddings: The Big Day
Hi everyone, When I started this blog, I was kind of expecting that I would have a hard time trying to figure out what to write every week. But so far, there is still fun stuff to write about. Even every day life is filled with strange and mostly ...
Manakha, the most beautiful place on earth!
... .com/album.php?aid=5430&l=f668a&i d=667717982 After a lovely month at home with my family friends, I am back in Yemen, this time in Sana'a, pursuing my longtime dream of devoting my time to studying Arabic. I have been back here for almost ...
Hotel Summer Land 4*, Socotra, Hadibo
It is the first 3-4* level hotel (unfortunately, without a swimming pool) established on the island. The hotel offers comfortable air-conditioned rooms with a WC-and-bathroom unit and properly running hot water. You can have dinner and supper ...
Here comes the (Royal) bride
This was anothr one of our days at sea, but a very exciting one because Prince William and Cate Middleton got married. A real Royal Wedding that we all watched on the ship's TV. ...
My first week in Yemen
After one full week in Yemen, I am finally getting the chance to write my first entry. It has been a little hard because of everything going on and because access to internet is not as easy as I thought. With all of the activity of this past week, I don't ...
A trip to the Big City
... , they said, "She can't travel without a tasrih [official travel permit]". As you know from my previous entries, travel in Yemen involves checkpoints and on certain roads, police escorts for foreigners. I hadn't had a tasrih on the way up and ...
Eid vacation in Hadramaut
... poor. They are supposed to use the entire animal. Anyway, since we got a week off, it was a nice occasion to travel around Yemen - something we hadn't done yet. So two of my roommates (T and Mandy), another male teacher and I went on a trip to ...
Socotra - place of harmony
... botanical and zoological treasures nurtured by many generations of the islanders, the keepers of the unique cultural traditions of Yemen. For centuries, the Socotra Islands have been out of early explorers’ and naturalists’ attention. But ...