Yemen 2004

Towers of Dubai
Dubai
More skyscrapers being built
Dubai
Jumeirah Emirates Towers
Dubai
Jumeirah beach
Dubai
Burj Al Arab hotel
Dubai
Burj Al Arab hotel
Dubai
Posing with the Burj Al Arab
Dubai
Funeral procession on Ali Abdul Mogni, Sana'a
Sana'a
Brown is the color of Sana'a
Sana'a
Goats in Sana'a
Sana'a
Twilight in Sana'a
Sana'a
The paved Saila river bed
Sana'a
Sana'a at night
Sana'a
The southern city wall of Sana'a
Sana'a
Panoramic view of the southern city wall
Sana'a
The Bab al-Yaman, one of the intact city gates
Sana'a
Street life in Sana'a
Sana'a
The spice souk in Sana'a
Sana'a
The scented spice souk
Sana'a
Guys hanging around all day
Sana'a
Wrapped up women in the gold souk
Sana'a
Jambiya shop
Sana'a
The boys playing football
Sana'a
Wearing the jambiya
Sana'a
Lots of people on Bab al-Yaman square
Sana'a
Kids showing off
Sana'a
All the kids want to be in the picture
Sana'a
View on the old city of Sana'a
Sana'a
Panorama with the typical tower house architecture
Sana'a
Vegetable garden in the middle of the city
Sana'a
The tower of the museum
Sana'a
Traditional housing in Wadi Dahr also spelled Wadi Zahr
Wadi Dahr
Entering Wadi Dahr
Wadi Dahr
There is the famous Rock Palace of Wadi Dahr
Wadi Dahr
The Rock Palace was built in the 1920s
Wadi Dahr
The Rock Palace is also called Dar al-Hajar
Wadi Dahr
View on the way up to the Rock Palace
Wadi Dahr
See through in the Rock Palace
Wadi Dahr
On the eastern balcony of the Rock Palace
Wadi Dahr
Qat market in Shibam Kawkaban (Al-Mahwit Governorate)
Shibam Kawkaban
On the way to Thula
Thula
View on Thula
Thula
Welcomed by rubbish
Thula
In the narrow streets of Thula
Thula
Thula fresh water cistern
Thula
My guide and friend Amal
Thula
Panoramic view on Thula's surroundings
Thula
Panoramic view on Thula's surroundings
Thula
Stone work in Thula
Thula
Thula's from above
Thula
Another fresh water cistern, empty
Thula
The rock that towers above Thula
Thula
View on Hadramawt province from the plane
Hadramawt
Shibam Hadramawt, the Manhattan of Yemen
Hadramawt
Shibam is a compact mud brick city
Hadramawt
Another spectacular view of the desert of Hadramawt
Hadramawt
Panorama of the south side of Shibam. Houses dry out and collapse if nobody lives in there.
Shibam
Kids in Shibam
Shibam
Up to seven stories mud brick buildings
Shibam
Street life in Shibam
Shibam
View from the hill on the north side
Shibam
Panorama of Shibam with the Hadramawt mountains
Shibam
Kris in Shibam
Shibam
There is very little shade out there
Shibam
A desert city
Shibam
Seiyun Palace (1920), where the sultan used to live
Seiyun
Seiyun Palace
Seiyun
View on Seiyun
Seiyun
The Al-Muhdar mosque (1914) in Tarim
Tarim
Al-Kahf palaces in Tarim
Tarim
Agriculture in Tarim
Tarim
Agriculture in Tarim
Tarim
In the Wadi Hadramawt
Wadi Hadramawt
My friend Adeel on de cornice in Al Mukalla
Al Mukalla
The port of Al Mukalla
Al Mukalla
Rock house in Al Mukalla
Al Mukalla
The fishermen's port of Al Mukalla
Al Mukalla
Left to rust away
Al Mukalla
A popular accessory in the south: the kalashnikov
Al Mukalla
Men wear the kalashnikov like a hand bag
Al Mukalla
Aden minaret (8th C)
Aden
Old water cisterns in Aden
Aden
Old water cisterns in Aden
Aden
Old water cisterns in Aden
Aden
The Fort of Aden on Seira Island
Aden
Panorama of Aden
Aden
The Anglican church is now a police station
Aden
Minaret of the sheikh Othman mosque
Aden
My friend Hamza in Aden
Aden
Aden by night
Aden
Small sharks for dinner
Aden
Plastic bags in the desert
On the road
The Al Ashrafiya mosque and the fort in Taizz
Taizz
Taizz building on the hill
Taizz
Coming close to the fort
Taizz
View on Taizz
Taizz
View on Taizz from the fort
Taizz
Looking down on Taizz
Taizz
Looking down on Taizz
Taizz
Looking down on the Al Ashrafiya mosque
Taizz
It's quit a large town
Taizz
Builders at work in the fort
Taizz
Posing for the tourist
Taizz
The fort of Taizz
Taizz
Stone cutters at work
Taizz
Jabal Sabir
Taizz
Street in Jibla
Jibla
Panorama in Jibla
Jibla
Traditional house with Yemenite flag
Jibla
Narrow street in Jibla
Jibla
See through
Jibla
Old architecture
Jibla
View from the hill in Jibla
Jibla
Landscape around Jibla
Jibla
Landscape around Jibla
Jibla
Jibla cemetery
Jibla
Jibla cemetery
Jibla
Finally some greenery in the landscape in Yemen
Jibla
Terraces in Jibla
Jibla
Qat plantation
Jibla
Cows in the streets
Jibla
View on the Queen Arwa Mosque in Jibla
Jibla
Posing with the panorama
Jibla
Bab Musa in Taizz
Taizz
In the fabric souk of Taizz
Taizz
Taizz Bab al-Kabir
Taizz
Street in Taizz
Taizz
On the road from Ibb to Sana'a
On the road
On the road from Ibb to Sana'a
On the road
On the road from Ibb to Sana'a
On the road
View from the roof of the Sana'a Palace hostel
Sana'a
Panorama in Sana'a
Sana'a
Panorama in Sana'a
Sana'a
View on Sana'a
Sana'a
The upper floor of Sana'a Palace hostel
Sana'a
On the road to Kawkaban
Shibam Kawkaban
Kawkaban is all the way up there
Kawkaban
View on the way up
Kawkaban
Cactus flower, Kawkaban
Kawkaban
Climbing the steep path to Kawkaban
Kawkaban
View in the gorge
Kawkaban
Looking down on the path
Kawkaban
I come from down there, in Shibam
Kawkaban
Almost there
Kawkaban
The view is getting more and more spectacular
Kawkaban
Finally, the gate is in sight
Kawkaban
The gateway to Kawkaban
Kawkaban
Welcomed by a knight with his mother's knife
Kawkaban
House with a white horse, symbol of the presidential party
Kawkaban
Sun symbol in Kawkaban
Kawkaban
Stones in Kawkaban
Kawkaban
Another spectacular view
Kawkaban
Easy to fall into the abyss
Kawkaban
An eagle looking for prey
Kawkaban
Well-dressed men on the way to Kawkaban
Kawkaban
The walls of Kawkaban
Kawkaban
Back in Sana'a
Sana'a
Everybody walks in the shade
Sana'a
Narrow street in Sana'a
Sana'a
Propaganda for Ali Abdullah Saleh
Sana'a
Kids posing for me in Sana'a
Sana'a
Narrow traditional house
Sana'a
Flowers, a rare view here
Sana'a
Girls with henna tattoos
Sana'a
Garden in Sana'a
Sana'a
Last day in Yemen
Sana'a
A torpedo and an old canon
Sana'a
Map of Yemen
Map