The drive from Sana'a to Manakha is 2 1/2 hours |
Leaving Sana'a |
Ad for Yemen Mobile along the road |
Yemenis love to build their villages on hilltops |
Along the Sana'a-Manakha road |
Sana'a to Manakha |
Yemeni hilltop village |
Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb, 3666m, the highest on the Arabian Peninsula |
Village at the base of Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb |
Roy with Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb |
Al-Saqr, the falcon |
Small settlement between Sana'a and Manakha |
Sana'a to Manakha |
Sana'a to Manakha |
Sana'a to Manakha |
Sana'a to Manakha |
An hour or so out of Sana'a, the road descends a mountainside covered with terraced fields |
Terraced fields, Yemen |
Mountain road |
Terraced fields, Sana'a to Manakha |
Terraced fields, Sana'a to Manakha |
Terraced fields, Sana'a to Manakha |
Road works |
Sana'a to Mahakha |
Qat |
Side dirt road |
Yemeni women carrying bundles of firewood |
More women carrying bundles of wood |
Sana'a to Manakha |
Selling Qat from the back of a small truck |
Our first AK-47 on the street |
Friendly villagers in a small town |
Yemeni man |
Yemenis chew Qat, a stimulant |
Selling Qat |
Yemenis cannot live on Qat alone |
Yemeni man |
Yemeni boy |
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Old man, Yemen |
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Yemeni woman on the roadside |
Mountains near Manakha |
Mountains near Manakha |
Manakha district, Yemen |
The mountain roads can be dangerous |
Mountaintop village, Manakha area, Yemen |
Mountains near Manakha |
Road climbing the mountain towards Manakha |
Donkey along the road to Manakha |
Donkey |
Traditional houses, Yemen |
Mountain top village near Manakha |
The area around Manakha has many small stone villages |
Near Manakha |
Manakha, Yemen |
Boy who hopped a ride on the back of our car |
Manakha, Yemen |
Manakha, Yemen |
Manakha, Yemen |
Manakha Tourist Hotel |
This young boy was driving a huge truck in Manakha |
Manakha, Yemen |
Haraz Mountains, Manakha, Yemen |
Manakha, Yemen |
Manakha, Yemen |
Manakha, Yemen |
3 young women carrying water near Manakha... |
...while 3 young boys play |
Manakha, Yemen |
Manakha, Yemen |
Manakha, Yemen |
Manakha office of the Yemen Telecommunictions Company |
Manakha, Yemen |
President Ali Abdullah Saleh |
Vote Yes for the Candidate of the General People's Congress |
Women contribute in growth and building through their effective contributions in all fields |
The horse is the symbol of the ruling Al-Motamar, General People's Congress (GPC) |
Painted horses show support for the GPC, and the beverage Power Horse seems rather patriotic |
Poetry still captures the imagination of the Yemenis |
Boy in Manakha, Yemen |
Shopkeeper, Manakha, Yemen |
Small shop in Manakha |
Manakha |
Small girl in Manakha |
Manakha, Yemen |
Mountain-top village near Manakha |
Heading backt o Sana'a |
Donkey's and riders, Yemen |
Manakha to Sana'a |
Manakha to Sana'a |
Mosque on the road from Manakha to Sana'a |
Manakha to Sana'a |
Haze covered mountain ridges, Yemen |
Manakha to Sana'a |
Manakha to Sana'a |
Back up the escarpment with the terraced fields |
Mountain side of terraced fields between Manakha and Sana'a |
Mountain side of terraced fields between Manakha and Sana'a |
Terraced fields between Manakha and Sana'a |
Mosque between Manakha and Sana'a |
Qat farm |
Mountains growing red in the evening light |
Getting closer to Sana'a |
Outside Sana'a |
House of Peace Society |