Best Photos near Nishtun, Yemen - Incl. Hadhramaut - Shibam 1, Hadhramaut - Wadi Dowan 2
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- "Hadhramaut -
Shibam 1" by Tompsblogs from a blog titled "
Camping in the desert with the Bedouin"
Excerpt: "On a recent trip to Hadhramaut, five other students and I spent a night camping out in the open desert with the Bedouin. Accompanying me on the trip were
Elizabeth,
Erin,
Hema, Zach (all
American) and
Paula (
Swedish).
Having regaled my companions with the story of my 'bus ride from hell' (see eponymous blog) last time I travelled to Hadhramaut, we decided to hire a 4x4 (and driver) for the entirety of our trip to spare any chance of a repeat performance. This also allowed us the flexibility to add that intriguing layover in the desert. Having gotten an early start from
Sana'a, we arrived in
Ma'rib at around noon where we picked up our Bedouin guide,
Mubarak. He, Hema and I then went off in search of food to take out to the desert. After picking up the standard groceries, we headed off to buy a goat to slaughter for dinner. I had been most excited by the prospect of camping in the desert with the Bedouin and considered the slaughtering of an animal to be an integral part of making it an authentic experience. However, after a few minutes of haggling it became apparent that even the mangiest little goat was out of our budget. My disappointment didn't last long though as the goat souq happened to be next to the notorious gun souq (to which I'd been denied access on my last trip to Ma'rib), and I consoled myself by buying a healthy stash of
Kalashnikov bullets for later use in the desert. As I gazed open-jawed at the endless rows of
AK-47s, hunting knives and occasional grenades, a guy came up to me and offered me a Kalashnikov for $115 which I politely declined.
Shopping complete, we picked up the rest of the group for a whistle-stop tour of Ma'rib then headed out with collective excitement on our jaunt to the desert. As sand replaced tarmac we stopped to let the air out of our tyres, and so began our desert experience.
Soon, we were skidding, weaving and bounding our way over the rolling dunes; the dark insipid asphalt now consigned to memory as a sandy ocean of yellow"
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- "Hadhramaut - Seiyoun" by Tompsblogs from a blog titled "Camping in the desert with the Bedouin"
- "Hadhramaut -
Wadi Dowan 2" by Tompsblogs from a blog titled "Camping in the desert with the Bedouin"
- "H. Old
Shabwa 1" by Tompsblogs from a blog titled "Camping in the desert with the Bedouin"
- "Gun fun 6" by Tompsblogs from a blog titled "Camping in the desert with the Bedouin"
- "Hadhramaut - Shibam 5" by Tompsblogs from a blog titled "Camping in the desert with the Bedouin"
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