Yemen - poor in oil-wealth, rich in culture... a forgotten jewel in the sun-drenched Arabian crown.

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In 2005 I decided to travel to Yemen in order to learn Arabic. This is the story of one pallid Englishman's trials and tribulations in a very alien world...

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  Orientation   Sana'a, Yemen on Oct 16, 2005 26 pictures 0 comments
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  Observations   Sana'a, Yemen on Oct 18, 2005 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Travelling North   Sa'ada, Yemen on Oct 23, 2005 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Travelling North (Part Two)   Shihara, Yemen on Oct 24, 2005 27 pictures 0 comments
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  Hangin' with Royalty   Sana'a, Yemen on Nov 5, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Hadhramaut - the bus ride from hell..   Hadhramaut, Yemen on Nov 11, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Hadhramaut (Part Two)   Hadhramaut, Yemen on Nov 15, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Catch-up   Sana'a, Yemen on Nov 26, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  My Yemenia article...   Sana'a, Yemen on Dec 17, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Kamaran   Kamaran, Yemen on Dec 18, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Turkish Bath   Sana'a, Yemen on Dec 19, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Back in Yemen... finally!   Sana'a, Yemen on Mar 26, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Marib: behind enemy lines   Marib, Yemen on Apr 9, 2006 26 pictures 0 comments
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  So what's happening in Yemen these days..   Kowkaban Thula Hababa, Yemen on May 13, 2006 34 pictures 0 comments
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  Aden - living it up and letting the hair down...   Aden, Yemen on May 14, 2006 15 pictures 0 comments
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  In search of the hottest place on earth..   Zabid, Yemen on May 27, 2006 44 pictures 0 comments
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  Election fever - Middle East style!   Sana'a, Yemen on Sep 19, 2006 10 pictures 4 comments
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  Ramadan cometh... bringeth the hunger pangs   Sana'a, Yemen on Sep 26, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Ramadan endeth... cometh my pithy retrospective   Sana'a, Yemen on Oct 24, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Camping in the desert with the Bedouin   Hadhramaut, Yemen on Oct 31, 2006 51 pictures 0 comments
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  The Big Match: Yemen vs. India!   Sana'a, Yemen on Nov 17, 2006 15 pictures 0 comments
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  Yemeni reaction to Saddam's death sentence   Sana'a, Yemen on Nov 23, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments