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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Marib Photo Gallery

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Ruins of the old city of Marib.	Ruins of houses in Marib, destroyed during the civil war in the 1960's.	Ruins of mud brick tower houses in Marib.
One of the few houses in old Marib still inhabited.	The ancient Great Dam of Marib	The New Dam finished in 1986.
Sabaean script inscriptions on the Great Dam of Marib.	The famous five pillars of the Sabaean Temple of the Moon.	The remains of the Sabaean Temple of Bilqis.
Archaeology lying in the desert sand outside Marib.	Naguib, our friendly bodyguard we hired, and myself.	Meeting the local tribesman after our vehicle broke down in the desert.