june 2007
a first look. a view of sana'a from my window. altitude = 7000 ft.
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old sana'a in the shadow of mt. ngem.
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on top of the bab alyaman peering into the suq almilh.
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selling fresh dates from saudi arabia. so yummy.
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seven different kinds of raisins in the raisin market.
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frankincense. it smells good freshly scraped from the trees in hadramaut. yemen was once a frankincense economy, wars and cities based on the frankincense trade.
(um, do i have to remind you of the storyline to Dune?).
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a cheap dagger will sell for 600,000 riyals (about $3,000 dollars). the bulge in his cheek is filled with qat leaves. more on this later for sure.
they usually have really old coins on the handles.
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gun free bottled water.
gun free women's clothing store.
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women buy these kinds of dresses to wear at wedding parties.
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ethiopian food down the street owned by some kids from addis ababa. a dollar fifty for this feast means i spent less than half the price of a fu wa tofu hoagie.
um, dahlek eat your heart out.
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