Posts Tagged ‘sanaa

Appeal from Kais Ahmed Al Kalisi, famous from the doc The Reluctant Revolutionary

Kais is a very charismatic Yemeni who became slightly famous from a documentary called The Reluctant Revolutionary, which I have questioned strongly here, and I met him in Sanaa. Almost as quick as I arrived I got an appeal from him to meet throug…

Expedition Yemen By Camel; Closure and summary

Yemen changed my life! For the better! There´s no doubt at all. Siberia ruined it. The 2004 Expedition was so overwhelming, that [...]

Expedition Yemen By Camel; Frustrations and understanding

“We are muslims and we have no fears for the future” , Mohammed said during the interview and continued; “God is great”. [...]

An insight into Tribal Yemen, part 2; Expedition Yemen By Camel

”They didn´t target you” , the Sheikh of a Northern province laughed and continued chuckling: ”The shooter hid in the minerat of [...]

Expedition Yemen By Camel; I am Mikael´s new Expedition partner

I think that probably the most important important aspect of a successful Expedition is having the right partner. I have had both [...]

Yemen; The day after the great tragedy

“Let us kidnap you. Our government, or yours, will pay the ransom. You take half, we take half. You will get a nice [...]

Gee, a bomb just went off not far away from here in Sanaa, what the hell was that?

I was sitting at a café called the Coffee Trader this morning, congratulating my wife for her success in getting her final [...]

An insight into Tribal Yemen; Expedition Yemen By Camel 2

“Get inside!” shouted one of the bodyguards, Adnan, to us and Tanya and Benjamin got into the armoured jeep, but I took [...]

Expedition Yemen By Camel, part 2; The first week

“Two Yemeni friends of mine travelled back to Sanaa from Al Hudaydah the other day. One of them was really ill. He [...]

Yemen; The land of the kind and the messy

One of the issues I have had with Yemen since coming here first time back in 2008, is the amazingly one sided [...]

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