The most essential commodity in a semi arid region is water and that was what made Hababa so special. It was a short drive away from Thula and Hababa was a brie...
At the time of my Yemen visit, special permits were required to visit any place in and it the country and it was mandatory to mention these places at the time ...
At the time of my visits, power cuts were a part and parcel of Yemeni life. In fact one of my first Sanaa impressions were of a daily lack of electricity during...
The post landing formalities at Sanaa airport were very smooth. The single immigration window for non Yemeni passport holders was not crowded. Even before apply...
At the time of my visit in 2016, Yemen was in the news for all the wrong reasons. The situation which was unstable even before I arrived there, took a turn for ...
20.1.16
HadiboÂ
1800 Hrs
I am back in Hadibo and my body has given up. I had never thought that I will look forward to the littered town as much as I ...
My last few days in Socotra Yemen were spent holed up in my Taj Socotra Hotel room. I alternated between feeling horribly sick and homesick. The fever, which st...
I left Qalanciya with a heavy heart. Our destination was the Moumi Plateau. Qalanciya was such a perfect place. We drive towards Hadibo again. Homhil, Di Hamri,...
Abdullah's cave in Qalanciya was something out of Arabian Nights and I marveled at his incredible local life. Remnants of big catches like the fateful whale, a ...
The amber hunter of Detwa Lagoon! My Qalanciya days can be broadly divided into two parts: the unbelievable beauty of the place and the unimaginable warmth of t...