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... 9. The colorful market in Shibam 10. The huge Yemeni lunch in Shibam 11. Catching the sunrise from the top of Kawkaban 12. Staying in the traditional tower houses in Sana'a and Kawkaban 13. Seeing the tower houses of Sana'a at night, windows warmly illuminated from the inside 14. Watching the jambiyya dance in Thilla, part of another pre-wedding celebration 15. Pizza Hut lunch in Sana'a (yes, it was a highlight!) 16. Feeling of safety and welcome; so ...

... use the internet but within 2 minutes I was reminded that my stomach was not fully back to normal. I made a hasty exit for my hotel 5 minutes away. Back in my room I napped for 2 hours and was reminded how much I love naps! I returned to the internet place with my laptop and spent the next 2 hours online. I responded to Suzan's worried emails, assuring her that I was fine. I probably shouldn't have told her before ...

... need him, but when I thought about the contributions I give to church or other charities, I felt like this was a way to more directly help an underemployed person. His explanations did help a bit, pointing out ancient inscriptions as well as granaries dug vertically into the top of the sedimentary plateau. I was more impressed than I expected, with fine views over the surrounding plains, a hodge-podge of colors in the fields far below. After Thilla my goal was to ...

... these crazy people as terrorists who masquerade as Muslims. I thought this was an interesting description. My guide's take was that education was important. Apparently fewer than 40% of Yemenis are educated beyond elementary age. Without any education, the majority rely on what they are told by imams in the mosques for all of their social education. The government has no control over what imams preach so the ...

... we were the only flight, I soon would have been. But he finally showed up, and we were quickly in the middle of old Sana'a. The Yemenis claim that Sana'a, their capital, is the oldest continually inhabited city in the world, spanning 2,500 years. Syrians would probably disagree. In 1986 UNESCO deemed Sana'a a World Heritage Site recognizing its preservation of over 6,000 homes and 103 mosques all built before the 11th ...

... came to say, "Howareyou?" to us. All the men wore long white robes and little white Muslim caps. The women also wore long robes, but not black ones like we see in the rest of Yemen. They consisted of two pieces. The top was a pastel-colored hood which tied under the woman's chin and covered her upper-body. The bottom piece was a matching flowy skirt, which covered her down to her toes. The outfit resembled what I imagine Bo Peep was wearing ...

... 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 I didn't have any problems, so I was pretty surprised by this. But it wasn't the first time I'd been through it, which is why I brought my burka. So I told them, "I can cover my face. I have a burka!" At first, they seemed pleased with the idea and told me that it was cool as ...

... that top the tiniest pinnacles of rock. One of them that we visited was inhabited by a chap who had found an (apparently live) German shell, left there by the Ottamans eary in the last century. Soon after seeing this, we quickly took our leave! I'm now back to study - in fact I am filling in this blog in order to procrastinate, so I ought to get back to work! Best wishes to all.