Socotra Day Two
Sunset over Omag Beach
Camel and crab tracks
Medicinal plants on the coastal plain
Cave from a distance
Socotra Day One
Sunrise at Omag Beach, Socotra, Yemen
More Sunrise at Omag Beach, Socotra, Yemen
Dragon's Blood Tree above wadi Dirhur, Socotra, Yemen
Sana’a, pearl of the Middle East
or so my tour guide tells me. It is a pretty special city and I’m sitting here stuffing my face with mezza, samboush and an exquisitely marinated mixed grill of goat and chicken, while uploading today’s photos. Another lazy gallery
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- My room on the fourth floor
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- View of old city of Sana’a from my window
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- Kids everywhere
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- Buildings in old city of Sana’a 1
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- Buildings in old city of Sana’a 2
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- Buildings in old city of Sana’a 3
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- Wooden Door
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- Buildings in old city of Sana’a 4
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- One of 38 mosques in old city of Sana’a
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- More happy kids
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- Rooftop view of old city of Sana’a 1
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- Rooftop view of old city of Sana’a 2
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- Bab Al Yemen gate to old city of Sana’a
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- Nighttime view from my room
Contrary to expectations, internet here is fine so at least the beginning and end of my Yemen stay will see me well connected.
No commentsOne last shot from Cape Maclear
left around on the camera. Sunset with Thumbi and Mumbo Islands in the background. I had such a good time in Cape Maclear. Sorry to Zaneil and Pa and all the others I didn’t manage to catch up with but it didn’t seem in keeping with the spirit of the Cape to spend all my time running around like a mad thing. And I’ll be back a lot sooner next time, possibly dragging a few more with me.
Thanks to all the old friends and also to all the new friends I made at the festival and at the Cape. You made my disorganised return to Malawi an absolute delight.
Cape Maclear sunset with Thumbi and Mumbo islands
Off to Yemen tonight
No pictures today sorry, Last night I flew up to Cairo from Lilongwe via Nairobia (Kenya), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and Khartoum (Sudan). Tonight I fly to Dubai via Doha and tomorrow morning I fly to Sana’a in Yemen where I’ll be until early November before flying home via NZ. I have no idea about the state of internet in Yemen, but I imagine it’s not great, particularly from Socotra.
Never fear though, I’ll be taking lots of photos and will scribble a few notes while I’m there so in a week or so there should be something more up here.
I’m glad I got all that camping in while in Malawi as it will stand me in good stead for all the camping on remote beaches I’ll be doing next week. It’s going to be hard returning home after all this adventure but it will be good to see everyone again.
See you from the other side…
No commentsMore Cape Maclear pictures
from my wanderings over the last few days, not much description this time, and again some of it may only be of interest to those who have lived here. There are some pretty pictures of fish though.
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- Sunset from Fat Monkeys bar
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- Fat Monkeys sunset close-up
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- Kampango Dave and Jimmy
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- Gap John
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- Mikey Powers and Anton
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- Anton Kalumba
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- Ali behind Gecko’s bar
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- Harry
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- Uri and Renee at Poker Night
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- Gap House
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- Mario’s House
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- Lake Divers became Gaia became Mufasa
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- Main road behing Billy’s Clinic
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- Tyson
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- Kayaking towards Otter Point
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- Parked at Otter Point
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- Otter Point fish 1
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- Otter Point fish 2
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- Otter Point fish 3
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- Otter Point fish 4
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- Otter Point fish 5
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- Otter Point creatures
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- Otter Point
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- Otter Point from water
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- Bird at Otter Point
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- Cape Maclear private cottages
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- Mufasa Yacht
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- Kayak Africa from water 1
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- Kayak Africa from water 2
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- Kayak Africa from water 3
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- Main Street with transmission tower
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- Main Street
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- Castaways Lodge
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- Hiccups Pub
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- Mgoza Lodge, home of poker night
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- Mgoza Lodge 2
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- Malambe Camp
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- Fish racks
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- Froggie’s Restaurant 1
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- Froggie’s Restaurant 2
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- Froggie’s Restaurant with Fat Monkeys in background
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- Froggie’s Restaurant 3
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- Cape Mac Lodge
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- Fat Monkeys from Froggie’s Restaurant
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- Main Street with baobab
Cape Maclear photos for old hands
Lake of Stars Festival – Nkopola Lodge, Malawi
Wadi Rum – Lawrence of Arabia country
Nabatean Monkey Men of Petra
The day is done and the beers are in so it’s time for an update from my few days in Dahab and Jordan. At Mayfair the evening after the pyramid jaunt I ran into Ahmed who I met last year. He showed me some of Cairo’s more interesting nightlife last year so I returned the favour by booking my Dahab travel through his fledgling agency.
So the next night I flew to Sharm el Sheikh on the Sinai Coast and was picked up by Hassan, the insanely grinning qat-chewing taxi driver for the 80km drive up the coast to Dahab. Apart from giving a cat a bit of a scare the drive was uneventful and swift and within an hour I was happily sleeping in my room in Dahab. And apart from occasionally shifting from my bed to the piles of cushions by the Red Sea, that’s where I stayed for the next day.
Thoroughly rested, I set out at 4 the next morning to catch the bus to Taba to catch the ferry to Aqaba in Jordan. Border formalities out of the way I got on the bus to Petra. On the way we passed many Bedouin settlements. While they mostly have a couple of pickups hanging around, each camp had a healthy herd of camels grazing nearby.
We stopped at a fancy hotel for lunch, after which I wandered outside to check the scenery and the hotel’s “Bedouin Camp” outside.
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