A road trip from the capital to the port city of Hodeida on the Red Sea.
A collection of photographs along the way. Basically, the major coffee areas are all on near Sana’a, to the west.
We stopped in small roadside towns to eat, to check out the qat markets, and (for me) to gawk a bit. This place is just so fantastic. You can point a camera anywhere and take an amazing photo it seems.
I know it’s just because I am not from here. Everything from faraway is exotic, and we are all aware of the dangers of exoticizing other people’s lives, other people’s cultures. But is it okay to be awed? To find something unfamiliar to you awesome?
I think it’s ok!
Road Trip to Hodeida Photos:
There are a lot of military checkpoints in Yemen, and they definitely were extra interested in our car, since we had 2 Americans in there. Yemen 
Lively discussion over vegetables. Yemen 
Passing through small towns, taking pictures from the car, like a coward. Yemen 
Lotsa nice old Toyota Land Cruisers here. Yemen 
Arguing with friends Yemen 
Shooting off some fireworks… Yemen 
You don’t see this often, a destitute person. Yemen 
Probably covering themselves due to dust on the road, more than anything. Wish I had one … the dust was killing me. Yemen 
Oops … with the way driving is in Yemen, I was surprised not to see more of this. Yemen 
Qat in the foreground, town, and terraces for agriculture. Yemen 
They seemed to have walked off and just left the car like this Yemen 
New Mexico, or Yemen? The rocks weren’t telling. Yemen 
Everywhere, and I mean EVERYWHERE, you see these horses depicted, the ensignia of the rural party that dominates the provinces in Yemen. Yemen 
They wanted a picture in their truck. Yemen 
We stopped for lunch In Manekah. Even at a simple roadside place, the food was great, mostly because all the meat is butchered right there… Yemen 
See? Yemen 
Not often that the older fellows wanted a picture, but he did. he was sitting at the table next to ours. Yemen 
If alone, I wouldn’t have the courage to stop at any old place like this, and be assured that I wouldn’t get ill. As it was, I had no stomach issues, even slight, the entire trip, whereas a long trip in Central America almost always has some gastronomic discomfort attached. Yemen 
Since I had the good camera, Duane benefited by getting lots of great pictures of himself. What did I get? Huyh? Yemen 
Yemen is filled with great micro motorcycles, 2 strokes and such. I wanted to get a bunch of pictures of them but didn’t, except for a few like this. Yemen 
Need I say more Yemen 
Some downtime for a tired mule. Yemen 
Tourist hotel – I don’t think so… Yemen 
Next to the tourist hotel in Manakah, Yemen (pop. 300, not including the mules) was the Al Hajrah museum of Art Treasures. Yemen 
The toyota pickups were mostly decorated like this, with great, bright painting. Yemen
