Hotel Shahran Sanaa

50 Meter Road, PO Box 7202 Sanaa, Yemen

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"Alex"

A travel blog entry by landerh

... who just had her eyelashes burnt off by a flaming stove), Jeri, Paul, and Danielle. As we neared the Old City we realized that our intended destination was going to close in 10 minutes so they all agreed on another place.

As we were walking around downtown, we were suddenly assaulted by a kid who was just a pain in the ass. He clung on to us and showed us to an open hotel. He wouldn't leave and he kept asking, "How old ...

Here's 2--3 Weeks Worth of Blog

A travel blog entry by landerh

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... always prepared), I remembered to put my abbaya to use.
It's beautiful and slightly ill-fitting. We arrived at the gate and
the guard checks to see if we have our hair covered. Check: we've got
it covered. We get through the gates to this monolithic, Gulf-ish
structure and there is instant awe. I think that ancient mosques must
be somehow betterbecause of history etc. but the Al-Sa;eh Mosque will
have age in time. But to be sure, this mosque left nothing to ...

White bread, qat, and sweat pants

A travel blog entry by landerh

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... the president's car and the man that does all the picking up and dropping off (the one that helped me with my luggage) drove his Hilux. I rode shotgun with him and when Ah W Nos by Nancy Ajram came on (at an exceedingly high volume) the two of us were rocking out and singing. I had to memorize the words to the song in my quarter of Egyptian colloquial so I was in my zone. It's a kind of catchy pop song. Worth looking up. Grill 101 which is ...

Mango juice!

A travel blog entry by landerh

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I really try and put some love into these but there are days like today where I'm just kind of a grump-osaurus and don't want to... so I'll just give the facts from yesterday (now two days ago):

I had my first real day of class yesterday. I've started in Book One, Chapter Three (Kelsey, don't you dare judge me). I know it's where I need to be but it's kind of like blunt force trauma for my ego. I'm sure my first ...

Not my fault this is late, the internet was down

A travel blog entry by landerh

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... I was not going to be as enraptured with the gingerbread houses
as I had hoped. That the majesty of the history wouldn't be as
enthralling. Sana'a is more than I could have asked for. In the
pictures, you see only the old city and it seems so subdued and calm.
But it's not. Not in the least. I don't think I've ever been to a
city so alive. (And mom, quite colorful.) And a city so different
from what I expected. Is it still Old School Arabia? Of course. ...

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