A view of the crowd at the wedding, watching the dancing.
A group of men dancing at the wedding.
A little kid at the wedding who asked for a "soora" (picture).
Some fireworks they had at the wedding.
I don't have to worry about safety in Sana'a. Superman lives in my neighborhood. You see him running around dressed like this every once and awhile. There is another one too. Before the election one of them had Ali Abdullah Saleh's photo pasted over the S. Taken from my window.
Me wearing the thobe, jacket, shawl (headwrap) and jambiya (dagger) that they wear in north Yemen. And my American Eagle sandals from the US... I need to iron it though...
A group of women in (Old) Amran... Shhh! You aren't supposed to photograph women. The buildings here are quite different from those of Sana'a.
Tons of farms stretching out below this hill. Although Yemen is pretty dry, it isn't a vasy empty desert as most people imagine when they think of the Arabian Peninsula.
Our first driver from Sanaa, Markus, and Matt. Taking a stretch break on a hill over Huth.
Good view of the terrain, and an idea of the (crazy) road we took up to the top of the mountain. This photo was taken from pretty low in our ascent.
The terraced mountains around Shihara. And a view to the ends of the world... I think I see Seattle...?
The terraced mountain sides. On the left is (part of) Shihara, on the right is the other village. The V-shaped gap between them is the huge cliff with the bridge linking them.
The famous bridge between Shihara and another mountain-top village.
Herding the goats up towards the other village.
The view from the bridge between the two cliffs.
Our group of guides posing on the bridge.
And me posing with our group of guides.
The town of Shihara, far atop the mountain... And a Sabafon cell tower, I had full service, the others had just one bar.
Posing with Alayan's gun atop the mountain.
Posing with the soldier's AK47
The lot of us posing atop the mountain we hiked up. Me, Soldier, Sandra, Matt, Soldier, group of kids/tour guides.
My new headwrap, after the kid on the right re-wrapped it for me. He is the son of the owner of the hotel.
Shihara is located atop the mountain in the middle.
Dar al-Hajar, the Imam's former palace.
The famous Dar al-Hajar (House of the Rocks) where the Imam lived up until the revolution.
The back view of the same building, now you can see how truly big it is.
Right below the Imam's Palace. You can see the contrast between all the green of the trees and the brown barren cliffs above.
There was a whole group cats living on the palace grounds. They were very funny, but wouldn't let you pet them.
Dar al-Hajar again, from the cliffside.
The first photo with the four of us (from the trip) together. Matt (British), Sandra (German), Markus (Swiss), and Me. With Dar Al-Hajar just over my shoulder. Notice all the green in this wadi.
