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