yemen travel blog 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

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

April 22, 2020

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

April 21, 2020

We left Omak in a cloud of dust, bumped over the edgy road, and rattled our bones towards Qadama till […]

April 19, 2020

By the time we reached Omak, a violet twilight sky deepened into luxuriant purple and gold. The sun set most […]

April 18, 2020