Recently I got interviewed by CNN on my experience of traveling as a solo woman in Yemen. The interview brought back some of my most wonderful travel memories a...
The four islands group of Socotra are located around 217 nautical miles off the Yemeni coast and approximately 130 off the coast of Somalia. This well kept Yeme...
A visit to the Rock Palace of Wadi Dhahr happened all of a sudden. Post Bayt Bows day of unrest, I was a bit afraid to go exploring. My departure date for Socot...
I stumbled upon Bayt Bows by chance. It was one of the my most intriguing journeys into the history of Yemen. Mohammed, my guide explained Bayt Bows' literal tr...
Perched atop a rugged pinkish red plateau, Kawkaban literally means "two stars". It is also called "the eagle nest" and at 2800 meters above sea level, the fort...
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 ...