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Sana'a

BAbamboleo ·27 photographs ·7 Mar 2009 – 10 Mar 2009 ·4 days
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7 Mar 2009 – 10 Mar 2009
4 days · trip of 2009
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Flight: Yemenia Hotel: Burj Al Salam Tours: Nomadi Travel

Comments: Flight: Odd times, especially the night return, but it let us stay an extra day. All in all the airline is excellent!!! Hotel: in the city centre, veeery picturesque, excellent breakfast, welcome and facilities. Also run by Italian staff. Tours: Given the little time available we organised excursions in the city's surroundings, reachable by jeep with a driver and, if wanted, a guide. We visited Shibam, Wadi Dhar, Thula, etc. The whole population is very hospitable and curious. We never had the impression of being in danger, so I'd advise not going far from the capital and its surroundings. For women it's advisable to wear decent clothing, nothing low-cut or tight. Covering your head isn't compulsory except in the mosque. We were fascinated.... it felt like a fairytale.....the buildings, the souk, the people, the women, the smells, the food and the children......

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Dawn in Sana'aBrick facade with arched windows, white latticework and black shutters, Sana'aYemeni mud-brick tower house atop rock, pink bougainvillea in the foregroundTourists in a white plastered hall with colorful stained glass windows and hanging lanternsBrick village among trees seen through colored glass window, rocky canyonDar al-Hajar palace built atop a rock at Wadi Dhahr, with cactiMan in red headscarf beside a golden kettle in a villageGirl in orange headscarf pets a donkey beside a stone wallCurved daggers with silver filigree sheaths and orange coral bead necklacesReflection of an old building on blue-green canal waterMan in white turban serving rice and traditional dishes on a tableIlluminated decorated minarets and domes of the al-Saleh Mosque at duskThree friends eating fish and salad around a table indoorsBoy and girl in light headscarf pose on sunlit paved streetVeiled woman in black crouching with child beside stone wallsMan in traditional dress on rock overlooking dense city with dry mountainsThree children in traditional clothes pose in the sun before old mud-brick housesSmiling girl in yellow headscarf and green dress, stone walls behindThe quran in the great mosque of Sana'aGolden sun carved on a red wooden star decorationYoung boy in black jacket and white shirt before an Arabic-inscribed buildingMan in turban points at omelette in black pan, friend laughing besideBrick tower house with white gypsum arched windows, Sana'aArched stained glass window with red, green, blue and yellow panelsMetal ring knocker on wooden door with white geometric inlays and studsVeiled woman wrapped in red patterned shawl sitting on stone steps in sunlightRed brick facades with white gypsum decoration and latticed windows, Sana'a
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