Sheraton Gold Mohur Htl Aden

... due to the security gates, all was quiet and peace; only the bosun on deck apart from me, and you could hear the occasional flying fish splashing back into the water. The bow wave over the bulbous bow was so smooth and steady that I could see clouds reflected in it. Over the hour I was walking, activity increased and I expect the paint brushes are out in force by now (10:30). We ...

... same as always, so we said "No, it's fine. Just take us to our usual beach." And they said ok. We got there and the waves were a little higher than normal, but not terribly. So we hung out on the beach for a few hours and then the boat came back to pick us up. By the time it came, the waves were a bit higher and we had just watched another couple struggle to get back on their boat. So the boat guy went to a part that seemed less wavy ...

... so I only indulged in one. Aden was also the site of the infamous Al-Qaeda USS Cole bombing and the Western media often portray the country as a hotbed for terrorism. It is important to note though that the terrorism here is not home grown and most Yemeni people here are just as friendly and hospitable as they are in other parts of the country. As my friends and I got in the shared taxi to come here from Mukalla the ...

... is used here to clean oneself after going to the bathroom (don't worry - ours is clean). Once you have loaded the washer with water and your clothes, you set the washer to "wash" After the first wash cycle is finished, you drain the water onto the bathroom floor. You try to aim the tube towards the bathroom drain ...

... aspects of living here in Aden. The great thing about these day hikes is that you hike over some beautiful mountains and get really hot and sweaty and then you arrive at an isolated beach. You jump into the water and it is just heavenly. There is not much to say about this last hike, but I have attached some pictures. One highlight was that we took a different route this time and ended up having some great views of the city. I took tons of pictures of that and ...

... it was much bigger and the party was held in an auditorium. Like the last wedding, women came in their abayas and then took them off. The dresses this time were much classier. It must have been because it was a bigger event. So we arrived and stripped down to our fancy clothes. We made sure to wear low-cut clothes this time and cake our faces in make-up so as to fit in with the other women. However, no one warned us that this time, the groom would ...

... But I will send them soon (hopefully in the next entry). Well, the first part of the adventure took place in the Frankfurt airport. Something about me and traveling guarantees some kind of excitement in airports. The first piece of excitement was that for about five minutes before checking in, I thought that I had lost my passport. That raised my blood pressure to near heart-attack levels and then I found it (il hamdu lillah). So when I went back to the counter to ...

... règles sont un peu différentes. Les chauffeurs espagnols sont venus (le mien devait qater dans un coin quelque part...). Dans cette boîte, il y avait un groupe de musique qui s'est essayé à quelques standards occidentaux mais il est vite revenu à de la musique orientale. Il y avait 4-5 filles en tenue européenne assez légère, très court, normal avec cette chaleur. Les chauffeurs (c'était la première fois qu'ils venaient dans ce genre d'endroit ...

... A 10h du matin, dans un tournant, je vois un pickup en travers de la route et la première voiture qui s'arrête au milieu, la 2eme s'arrête à 20 mètres sur la gauche et nous sur la droite. Puis tu vois 7-8 bédouins armés de kalash de chaque côté de la première bagnole. Dedans, le chef des conducteurs espagnols, leur traducteur et 2 espagnoles. Un bédouin s'approche. Le chauffeur sort et les 2 commencent à s'engueuler. Sur le coup tu penses qu ...

... Sana'a. Alcohol, for instance, is easy to come across and there exists as many as two nightclubs! We left Sana'a in late afternoon in a taxi that drove us the full seven hour journey for the sum of about $10 each. To pass the time we stopped en-route to pick up some qat - travelling and chewing for some reason go together really well. By the time we reached Aden I had a nice double cheek going but was relieved at the opportunity to spit it out. We arrived at about 11pm ...