Taj Sheba Sanaa

773 Ali abdulmoghni Street, (formerly Taj Sheba Hotel) Sanaa, Yemen

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My life as it stands

A travel blog entry by landerh

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I've decided to take up some swearing to really put forth the point in some of these stories. I'll try to keep it at a low and try and make it muted... but alas it maybe seen.
Right now, as I hear the friggin' cat (Curry, renamed "Shorba" which means soup as that's to be her future), I'm tempted to wrap her up (except she claws and bites) and take her via taxi to the edge of the city and dump her so strong is my vehement hatred of her. She's a monster that not only ...

Here's 2--3 Weeks Worth of Blog

A travel blog entry by landerh

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... the bus through the gate but stopped in the
middle. Apparently the van was too heavy to get over a bump in the
middle... so a bunch of people piled out. I was on my way to the exit
when they said I could just stay as the other people had lightened
the bus/van that they could manage the bump. So everyone clamors back
on and we were on our way. After a few short seconds, I wanted off. I
was okay with walking. The road was not really a road at all but ...

White bread, qat, and sweat pants

A travel blog entry by landerh

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... and Jeri) The cake was as fantastic as promised. We met up with Jake and Felix and we headed back. Me to go to bed and them to prepare for a trip to the Russian Club. Here's what I know about the Russian club: considering that Yemen is a dry country the alcohol was cheap, it's located in the 'Tourist Plaza' or something like that, it's where the last of the Jews in Yemen have been relocated to (the plaza, not the club), it's where ...

Mango juice!

A travel blog entry by landerh

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... about.) At some point, somehow Aaron and I ended up without Felix and we meandered to the old city.

Remember the picture of the really happy looking man with bright orange 'henna-hair' in the last blog? I'm going to repost his picture as a refresher anyway. Well, Aaron and I were in the old city and I hear some sort of Yemeni version of 'holla' and I see the man from the restaurant. He spoke in Arabic and neither of ...

Not my fault this is late, the internet was down

A travel blog entry by landerh

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... s pretty hoppin' and there are lots of shops. We changed our money
at a pretty jenky WU but the exchange rate was what it was. As we
were waiting for Felix, Aaron and I were just standing around and a
man came up and asked where we were from. We then bought some drinks
at a little shop. The guy there too asked where we were from.
Apparently he was Saudi.



People are so afraid that Americans are
hated and despised but I have seen none of ...

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