The Places In Between
| Well, the plan is to get from Sydney to Beijing for the Olympics next August. So this is about the places, and all the other stuff, that happens in between. Leave a message every now and then so I know that people are actually reading this thing. Cheers. |
My latest 5 diary entries
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| 21st Jan 2010 - 22nd Jan 2010 | ||||
| Al Mawheet | ||||
| Went into the mountains again last weekend. Started in Al Mawheet, then went to At Taweela and back to Kawkaban. I've been trying to upload some photos but have had a few problems with the computers here,... | ||||
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| 14th Jan 2010 - 15th Jan 2010 | ||||
| Manakah | ||||
| After 4 days of boring arabic lessons I hightailed it out of Sana'a, travel permit in hand, and headed into a different part of the Haraz mountains. This time the destination was Manakah, the largest of the towns... | ||||
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| 8th Jan 2010 | ||||
| Kawkaban pt 2 aka the miracle of habadah | ||||
| After spending an inordinate amount of time sitting over the squat toilet, I managed to leave the funduq. First a shared taxi down the winding road to Shibam and then another to another fortified town by the name o... | ||||
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| 7th Jan 2010 - 8th Jan 2010 | ||||
| Kawkaban pt 1 | ||||
| I've been in Sana'a for about a week and a half and figured it was time to get out. It's a nice city but the traffic, the noise, the fumes and the blackouts get a bit annoying at times. I did a weekend t... | ||||
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| 29th Dec 2009 - 31st Dec 2010 | ||||
| Welcome to Sana'a | ||||
| The flight to Sana'a went smoothly. Got in on the 29th. The taxi ride through the city reminded me of Morocco. Run down buildings, rubbish strewn all over the place, potholes in the road etc. Apparently, Sana'a i... | ||||
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