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Cairo
2025 Yemen
Mogadishu
Mukalla
Wadi Do'an
Shibam
Seiyun
Tarim
On arrival in Yemen, my tour guide gently encouraged me to buy local clothing.
Scotsman in local dress
Port of Mukalla
Al Mukalla
Al Mukalla: Note forts on ridge
Green henna & brown frankincense crystals
Waterfront
Busy Fishmarket
Swordfish
Mukalla: Precarious Tower
Camel-powered sesame press
Wadi Do'an
Wadi Do'an, from Haid Al-Jizil Resort
Village on a rock
Looking back up from valley floor
Village on a rock, from below
Colored Palaces of Buqsha
Another Colored Palace
Palace interior
Ancestral home of Bin Laden family
Street scene
Woman in traditional farming hat
Bee hives
Old fort
Unexpected cup-cake gift.
It was excellent!
Shibam: "The Manhattan of Arabia"
My guide, Mr Abdulkareem
Demonstration water well
Note separate rope foe emptying bucket
Seiyun
Seiyun Palace
Seiyun Palace (Museum)
Seiyun Palace interior
View over Seiyun
3 miles West of Seiyun
10 miles SE of Seiyun
Tarim
Tombs of Seven Sufi Imams
Tombs of Seven Sufi Imams
Tombs of Seven Sufi Imams
Almihdar Mosque minaret
Almihdar Mosque minaret
View over Tarim
Furnace for making local whitewash
Cairo
Mogadishu