![Driving from Wadi Dhahr to Shibam-Kawkaban, about an hour west of Sana'a](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702081.yem2_006.JPG) Driving from Wadi Dhahr to Shibam-Kawkaban, about an hour west of Sana'a |
![Qat plantations enroute to Shibam-Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702082.yem2_012.JPG) Qat plantations enroute to Shibam-Kawkaban |
![Most of the greenery around Sana'a is Qat](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702083.yem2_015.JPG) Most of the greenery around Sana'a is Qat |
![Rocky landscape between Sana'a and Shibam-Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702084.yem2_019.JPG) Rocky landscape between Sana'a and Shibam-Kawkaban |
![Sana'a to Shibam-Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702085.yem2_020.JPG) Sana'a to Shibam-Kawkaban |
![Yemeni man along the road to Shibam](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702086.yem2_025.JPG) Yemeni man along the road to Shibam |
![Sana'a to Shibam-Kawkaban highway](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702087.yem2_027.JPG) Sana'a to Shibam-Kawkaban highway |
![The horse is the symbol of the ruling General People's Congress (GPC)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702088.yem2_030.JPG) The horse is the symbol of the ruling General People's Congress (GPC) |
![Yemeni boys near Shibam](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702090.yem2_035.JPG) Yemeni boys near Shibam |
![We stopped for lunch at the Hamedda Tourism Hotel and Restaurant, Shibam](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702091.yem2_036.JPG) We stopped for lunch at the Hamedda Tourism Hotel and Restaurant, Shibam |
![The cook, Hamedda Restaurant](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702092.yem2_037.JPG) The cook, Hamedda Restaurant |
![Sitting on the floor Yemeni style](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702093.yem2_038.JPG) Sitting on the floor Yemeni style |
![Our fellow diners](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702094.yem2_040.JPG) Our fellow diners |
![Food for 4 for 1500 rials](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702095.yem2_042.JPG) Food for 4 for 1500 rials |
![Treasure of Shibam-Kawkaban shop](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702096.yem2_048.JPG) Treasure of Shibam-Kawkaban shop |
![Shibam (Al-Mahwit)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702097.yem2_049.JPG) Shibam (Al-Mahwit) |
![Shibam (Al-Mahwit)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702098.yem2_050.JPG) Shibam (Al-Mahwit) |
![Boy in Shibam (Al-Mahwit)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702099.yem2_055.JPG) Boy in Shibam (Al-Mahwit) |
![Shibam (Al-Mahwit)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702100.yem2_057.JPG) Shibam (Al-Mahwit) |
![A cave studded mountain rises behind the town of Shibam](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702101.yem2_059.JPG) A cave studded mountain rises behind the town of Shibam |
![Shibam (Al-Mahwit)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702103.yem2_060.JPG) Shibam (Al-Mahwit) |
![Shibam (Al-Mahwit)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702104.yem2_061.JPG) Shibam (Al-Mahwit) |
![Cliffs and caves above Shibam (Al-Mahwit)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702105.yem2_065.JPG) Cliffs and caves above Shibam (Al-Mahwit) |
![Shibam (Al-Mahwit)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702106.yem2_069.JPG) Shibam (Al-Mahwit) |
![Cactus on the mountain at Shibam (Al-Mahwit)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702107.yem2_071.JPG) Cactus on the mountain at Shibam (Al-Mahwit) |
![Cactus, Shibam (Al-Mahwit)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702108.yem2_073.JPG) Cactus, Shibam (Al-Mahwit) |
![Cactus, Shibam (Al-Mahwit)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702109.yem2_074.JPG) Cactus, Shibam (Al-Mahwit) |
![Mosque of Shibam (Al-Mahwit)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702110.yem2_076.JPG) Mosque of Shibam (Al-Mahwit) |
![Shibam (Al-Mahwit)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702111.yem2_077.JPG) Shibam (Al-Mahwit) |
![Girl in Shibam (Al-Mahwit)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702112.yem2_080.JPG) Girl in Shibam (Al-Mahwit) |
![View over Shibam (Al-Mahwit)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702113.yem2_081.JPG) View over Shibam (Al-Mahwit) |
![Shibam (Al-Mahwit)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702114.yem2_082.JPG) Shibam (Al-Mahwit) |
![Shibam (Al-Mahwit)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702115.yem2_087.JPG) Shibam (Al-Mahwit) |
![Local boy in Shibam (Al-Mahwit), Yemen](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702116.yem2_088.JPG) Local boy in Shibam (Al-Mahwit), Yemen |
![He offered us the fruit of the prickly pear cactus](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702117.yem2_090.JPG) He offered us the fruit of the prickly pear cactus |
![The he showed us the donkey that lives under his house](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702119.yem2_094.JPG) The he showed us the donkey that lives under his house |
![Boy and donkey in Shibam](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702120.yem2_096.JPG) Boy and donkey in Shibam |
![Shibam (Al-Mahwit)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702118.yem2_093.JPG) Shibam (Al-Mahwit) |
![Shibam (Al-Mahwit)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702121.yem2_099.JPG) Shibam (Al-Mahwit) |
![Shibam (Al-Mahwit)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702122.yem2_101.JPG) Shibam (Al-Mahwit) |
![Mosque of Shibam (Al-Mahwit)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702123.yem2_102.JPG) Mosque of Shibam (Al-Mahwit) |
![Shibam (Al-Mahwit)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702124.yem2_105.JPG) Shibam (Al-Mahwit) |
![Boy in Shibam (Al-Mahwit)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702125.yem2_106.JPG) Boy in Shibam (Al-Mahwit) |
![Shibam (Al-Mahwit)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702126.yem2_114.JPG) Shibam (Al-Mahwit) |
![Sign for an office in Shibam](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702127.yem2_117.JPG) Sign for an office in Shibam |
![Shibam (Al-Mahwit) Yemen](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702128.yem2_118.JPG) Shibam (Al-Mahwit) Yemen |
![Shibam (Al-Mahwit)](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702129.yem2_119.JPG) Shibam (Al-Mahwit) |
![The Chinese built a road to connect Shibam with the mountaintop village of Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702130.yem2_122.JPG) The Chinese built a road to connect Shibam with the mountaintop village of Kawkaban |
![Shibam-Kawkaban Road](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702131.yem2_124.JPG) Shibam-Kawkaban Road |
![Shibam-Kawkaban Road](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702132.yem2_125.JPG) Shibam-Kawkaban Road |
![Shibam-Kawkaban Road](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702133.yem2_127.JPG) Shibam-Kawkaban Road |
![Shibam-Kawkaban Road](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702134.yem2_128.JPG) Shibam-Kawkaban Road |
![Village in the valley below the Shibam-Kawkaban Road](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702135.yem2_129.JPG) Village in the valley below the Shibam-Kawkaban Road |
![Shibam-Kawkaban Road](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702222.yem2_130.JPG) Shibam-Kawkaban Road |
![Shibam-Kawkaban Road](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702223.yem2_131.JPG) Shibam-Kawkaban Road |
![Distinctive mountain across the valley from Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702224.yem2_132.JPG) Distinctive mountain across the valley from Kawkaban |
![Yemeni shepherd girl](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702225.yem2_134.JPG) Yemeni shepherd girl |
![Shibam-Kawkaban Road](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702226.yem2_142.JPG) Shibam-Kawkaban Road |
![Kawkaban sits at the top of a flat topped mountain](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702227.yem2_143.JPG) Kawkaban sits at the top of a flat topped mountain |
![Shibam-Kawkaban Road](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702228.yem2_155.JPG) Shibam-Kawkaban Road |
![Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702229.yem2_157.JPG) Kawkaban |
![Approaching Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702230.yem2_164.JPG) Approaching Kawkaban |
![City walls of Kawkaban, Yemen](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702231.yem2_166.JPG) City walls of Kawkaban, Yemen |
![City wall of Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702232.yem2_168.JPG) City wall of Kawkaban |
![The path from Shibam to Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702234.yem2_170.JPG) The path from Shibam to Kawkaban |
![Welcome to Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702235.yem2_172.JPG) Welcome to Kawkaban |
![Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702236.yem2_175.JPG) Kawkaban |
![The gate to Kawkaban is supposedly still locked at night](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702237.yem2_177.JPG) The gate to Kawkaban is supposedly still locked at night |
![Old inscription tablet, Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702238.yem2_180.JPG) Old inscription tablet, Kawkaban |
![Kids in Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702239.yem2_181.JPG) Kids in Kawkaban |
![Kawkaban, Yemen](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702240.yem2_183.JPG) Kawkaban, Yemen |
![Boy with jambiya (dagger), Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702241.yem2_185.JPG) Boy with jambiya (dagger), Kawkaban |
![Multilingual girl in Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702242.yem2_186.JPG) Multilingual girl in Kawkaban |
![Boy with jambiya, Kawkaban, Yemen](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702243.yem2_187.JPG) Boy with jambiya, Kawkaban, Yemen |
![Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702244.yem2_190.JPG) Kawkaban |
![Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702245.yem2_192.JPG) Kawkaban |
![Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702246.yem2_193.JPG) Kawkaban |
![View from the village of Kawkaban to the road and valley below](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702247.yem2_196.JPG) View from the village of Kawkaban to the road and valley below |
![Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702248.yem2_199.JPG) Kawkaban |
![Cistern and mosque in Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702249.yem2_201.JPG) Cistern and mosque in Kawkaban |
![Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702251.yem2_207.JPG) Kawkaban |
![Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702252.yem2_209.JPG) Kawkaban |
![Boy with an injured leg in Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702253.yem2_212.JPG) Boy with an injured leg in Kawkaban |
![Planets Tower and the hotel Al Taj Tourist Hotel, Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702254.yem2_213.JPG) Planets Tower and the hotel Al Taj Tourist Hotel, Kawkaban |
![Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702255.yem2_215.JPG) Kawkaban |
![Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702256.yem2_217.JPG) Kawkaban |
![The sun is the symbol of the Islah, or Reform Party, a tribal and religious alliance](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702257.yem2_218.JPG) The sun is the symbol of the Islah, or Reform Party, a tribal and religious alliance |
![Boy in Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702258.yem2_221.JPG) Boy in Kawkaban |
![Boy with his Jambiya, Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702259.yem2_222.JPG) Boy with his Jambiya, Kawkaban |
![Looking down on Shibam from Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702260.yem2_224.JPG) Looking down on Shibam from Kawkaban |
![Shibam from Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702261.yem2_225.JPG) Shibam from Kawkaban |
![Looking across Shibam to Thilla, our next stop](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702262.yem2_226.JPG) Looking across Shibam to Thilla, our next stop |
![Roy in Kawkaban](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702263.yem2_228.JPG) Roy in Kawkaban |
![Roy with Shibam](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702264.yem2_231.JPG) Roy with Shibam |
![Heading back down the mountain](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702265.yem2_233.JPG) Heading back down the mountain |
![Al Taj Tourist Hotel add with GPC (horse) and Islah party (sun) grafitti](https://a4.pbase.com/u25/bmcmorrow/upload/40702266.yem2_236.JPG) Al Taj Tourist Hotel add with GPC (horse) and Islah party (sun) grafitti |