Taj Awsan Hotel
Travel Blogs from Al Hudaydah
Sea Day
I awoke early eager to work on my Internal Review Board (IRB) application, while the room was still quiet and dark. I worked on it diligently for two hours before attending Mass in Illuminations. Peace be with you was the sentiment of the service today. I returned to the IRB form after mass only departing briefly to practice the waltz in G32 for 1/2 hour at 10AM, and a phone call home around11AM. Both Husband and dog appeared to be doing well. Then at 12:00 there was a ship ...
Day 28
... on Ashdod(Jerusalem).
Debbie is so good, I wish I could remember half of what she tells about the places.
We had a short break & then it was choir time.
It is sign in day tomorrow to see how many we have attending.
We are learning lots of songs quickly because we have lots of ports daily soon so won't have time ...
Old city with old buidlings
In the downdown of sana'a city, there is an area names "Bab-Yemen", means the gate of Yemen. This is a small and old town with more than 300year history. There are still people living in the old buldings, and the government pay these people in order to keep the old building in a good way. Of course, these people are the owners of the old buildings.
Most of ...
First full day in Yemen, up to Kawkaban
Finally a full day in a single country, and I did a lot. I only slept 6 hours at most, from 830 pm until around 2:30, and that gave me enough rest to seize the day. In the wee hours of the morning I edited all of my photos and wrote in my journal, appreciating the privacy of my single room without any worries about turning on the light at such an early hour. I was happy to see that the day dawned clear, and I took some more photos of old Sana'a before ...
"Good thing nobody's looking to kidnap Americans"
... that fact, qat might have enjoyed the same popularity as coffee, and you would have been able to stroll down to the local Starbucks to order a qat bundle rather than a latte. As we travelled it was explained to me that qat was responsible for holding Yemen back: too much time is wasted, too much income is spent and too much land is devoted to qat orchards that could otherwise be used to grow exportable crops. We ...