solo traveling in Yemen Archives • Maverickbird

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, […]

Perched atop a rugged pinkish red plateau, Kawkaban literally means “two stars”. It is also called “the eagle nest” and […]

April 30, 2020

The most essential commodity in a semi arid region is water and that was what made Hababa so special. It […]

April 29, 2020

At the time of my Yemen visit, special permits were required to visit any place in and it the country […]

April 28, 2020

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

April 26, 2020

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

April 25, 2020

Ever looked at soft undulating mounds, hills, and dunes and had the immense urge to roll down them? I love […]

April 17, 2020

Wadi Dirhur was a strange-looking peaceful place. We reached there by driving along Socotra’s only road through the Diksam Plateau […]

April 15, 2020

I first came to know of the Socotra island when I was in school. A brilliant TV commercial featuring the […]

April 12, 2020

“It is not down in any map, True places never are” – Herman Melville. This is completely applicable to Socotra […]

April 11, 2020