Why Yemen?

Chandler Bing is partly to blame as he mentioned moving to Yemen in one of the Friends episodes. He was moving to 1 Yemen Rd, Yemen. Another reason is to find out why most people, who have not been there, say things like, “don’t go there”, “it is dangerous”, or “why there?”. Why are people afraid of this place? As I started to read about Yemen and look at photos on the Internet I knew this was a place to venture to. This site has excellent pictures of Yemen.

http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/yemen

Here is my itinerary while there

Program:
Dec 24, arrival 2030, SV680, Jeddah - Sana'a, transfer student housing
Dec 25, Introduction/ Arabic course from 9 - 12 am, Calligraphy 4 - 7 pm
Dec 26, Arabic course from 9 - 12 am, Calligraphy 4 - 7 pm
Dec 27, Arabic course from 9 - 11 am, Calligraphy 4 - 6 pm
Dec 28, Arabic course from 9 - 11 am, Calligraphy 4 - 6 pm
Dec 29, Sana'a - Wadi Dahr ( Fridays wedding dances there) - Thula - Shibam walking to Kaukaban, Hostel
Dec 30, Kaukaban - Al-Tawilah - Al-Mahweet - Al-Rayadi - Sana'a
Dec 31 Dec - 04 Jan, Arabic course from 9 - 11 am, Calligraphy 4 - 6 pm
Jan 05 Jan, Sana'a - Manakha, walking from Manakha via Kahel, Al-Hoteip and back, Hostel
Jan 06 Jan, Manakha - walking to Al-Hajjarah - returning Sana'a
Jan 07 Jan, free, 8pm transfer to airport Sana'a, depart to Jeddah 2215, SV681

More from me in the new year.