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My Sanaa impressions of powercuts, caravanserais, and old souqs

At the time of my visits, power cuts were a part and parcel of Yemeni life. In fact one of […]

October 26, 2025

The post landing formalities at Sanaa airport were very smooth. The single immigration window for non Yemeni passport holders was […]

October 26, 2025

At the time of my visit in 2016, Yemen was in the news for all the wrong reasons. The situation […]

October 26, 2025

20.1.16 Hadibo 1800 Hrs I am back in Hadibo and my body has given up. I had never thought that […]

October 26, 2025

My last few days in Socotra Yemen were spent holed up in my Taj Socotra Hotel room. I alternated between […]

October 26, 2025

I left Qalanciya with a heavy heart. Our destination was the Moumi Plateau. Qalanciya was such a perfect place. We […]

October 26, 2025

The amber hunter of Detwa Lagoon! My Qalanciya days can be broadly divided into two parts: the unbelievable beauty of […]

October 26, 2025

Abdullah’s cave in Qalanciya was something out of Arabian Nights and I marveled at his incredible local life. Remnants of […]

October 26, 2025

Travel in Dubai as a Desert Place In the heart of the desert, Dubai emerges as a vibrant tapestry of […]

October 25, 2025

Nestled between the Arabian Desert and the Persian Gulf is Dubai City, the ‘The City of Gold’. As a global […]

October 22, 2025