Rock Palace of Wadi Dhahr
A visit to the Rock Palace of Wadi Dhahr happened all of a sudden. Post Bayt Bows day of unrest, […]
Middle East, Outside India, Yemen
Middle East, Outside India, Yemen
Up above to Kawkaban, a mountain town of Yemen
Perched atop a rugged pinkish red plateau, Kawkaban literally means “two stars”. It is also called “the eagle nest” and […]
Middle East, Outside India, Yemen
Green water of Hababa and glimpses of Yemeni Jewish past
The most essential commodity in a semi arid region is water and that was what made Hababa so special. It […]
Middle East, Outside India, Yemen
The unconquered fortified citadel of Thula
At the time of my Yemen visit, special permits were required to visit any place in and it the country […]
Middle East, Outside India, Yemen
Sanaa travel: the quirks, the beauty, and the shocks
The post landing formalities at Sanaa airport were very smooth. The single immigration window for non Yemeni passport holders was […]
Middle East, Outside India, Yemen
Welcome to Sanaa
At the time of my visit in 2016, Yemen was in the news for all the wrong reasons. The situation […]
Middle East, Outside India, Yemen
The shifting sand dunes of Zahak
Ever looked at soft undulating mounds, hills, and dunes and had the immense urge to roll down them? I love […]
Middle East, Outside India, Yemen
Losing time in Wadi Dirhur: being all alone in a canyon
Wadi Dirhur was a strange-looking peaceful place. We reached there by driving along Socotra’s only road through the Diksam Plateau […]
Middle East, Outside India, Yemen
How I ended up on the Socotra island
I first came to know of the Socotra island when I was in school. A brilliant TV commercial featuring the […]
Middle East, Outside India, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos, Yemen
Memories of Socotra, one of the remotest travel destinations in the world
“It is not down in any map, True places never are” – Herman Melville. This is completely applicable to Socotra […]