Yemen

Visited in November 1998. I arrived in Sanaa and took a domestic flight to Sayun from where I travelled back to Sanaa via Shibam, Al-Mukalla, Aden, Taizz and Ibb. Yemen has to be the most fascinating country I have visited in the Middle East (despite the lack of any decent food!)

Sanaa
Sayun, Shibam & Taizz
Ibb, Jibla & Hammam
Marib

Map of Yemen

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Ibb, Jibla, Hammam Damt Photo Gallery

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Street scene in the old city of Ibb.	Children playing in the street, Ibb.	Traditional stone tower house, Ibb.
A young girl who followed us endlessly around Ibb.	View of Jibla and surrounding countryside.	View across Jibla.
Stone tower house in Jibla.	Minaret of mosque in Jibla.	View of Jibla from the Mosque of Queen Arwa.
Minaret of Mosque of Queen Arwa, Jibla.	Mud brick house in Rada'.	Hammam Damt viewed from atop of the volcanoe.
The other guests staying at our hotel. (Thanks for the photo Joanna!)	The volcanoe at Hammam Damt.	Looking down inside the crater of the volcanoe.