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Re: visa

by Cetacea9 10 May 2012

If you can get a Yemeni visa from your country's embassy it should be your best and cheapest option. I just came back from a trip to Yemen…
RE: Current Tourist Situation

by fluffy_bunny 08 April 2012

The mandatory police escort in the [Seiyun|http://joestrippin.blogspot.com/2010/11/seiyun-say-me.html] has been in place for years and…
Re: Current Tourist Situation

by daveindubai 06 April 2012

Hi I am in Sayun now and feel quite safe and secure though that is my normal way of looking at the world. I have just arrived here this…
Re: Current Tourist Situation

by Cetacea9 28 March 2012

I came to Yemen on a tourist visa at the beginning of March. Sana'a is mostly calm, but the frequent and prolonged power outages have…
RE: Traveling from San'aa to Salalah by bus

by fluffy_bunny 28 November 2011

The 3 governates between San'a and the East (Abyan, Shabwa, and Marib) have been closed to tourists for years. You will _not_ get permits…
RE: Yemen Update (Sana'a, Seiyun, Aden, Taiz)

by timbotron 08 February 2011

Great info once again. Worth paying for pickup, in that case. Thanks.
RE: Yemen Update (Sana'a, Seiyun, Aden, Taiz)

by fluffy_bunny 08 February 2011

The set fare from the airport is 2,000 YR to almost anywhere in San'a (and certainly to the Old City). That's a little under $10. Some…
Re: Yemen Update (Sana'a, Seiyun, Aden, Taiz)

by timbotron 08 February 2011

@Fluffy. Dawood are quoting me 15USD for an airport pickup. Surely this is exorbitant. Regular cabbies should know where it is. Do you…
RE: Latest safety advice for travellers

by fluffy_bunny 29 January 2011

The escort is free for day-trips around Seiyun, Shibam and Tarim area. If you overnight somewhere (ie Wadi Da'wan) you are expected to…
RE: Yemen - is it possible and is it worth it?

by roshanak 13 January 2011

I crossed the border from the Oman to Yemen just over a year ago...just before the latest restrictions. I'm a British passport holder…
Buying antiques in Yemen

by 1greatdane 07 January 2011

Meant to post this for quite some time, so my apologies for this delay; Traveled through Yemen in the Spring of 2010 and had an awesome…
RE: Car with driver and domestic flights

by fluffy_bunny 03 January 2011

It takes a few minutes (maybe 30 with tea) at the tourist police in Seiyun. You don't need a "car" for anywhere other than Wadi Da'wan.…
RE: Car with driver and domestic flights

by isazyr 03 January 2011

Thank you Fluffy_bunny for quick and helpful answer. I will follow advice and prebook domestic flights through an agency to be on the…
RE: Car with driver and domestic flights

by fluffy_bunny 03 January 2011

There are no major holidays in February. Except for Mouloud (Birth of the Prophet) on the 15th. Chances are you'll be able to get on a…
Re: Latest safety advice for travellers

by fluffy_bunny 22 December 2010

I was refused a bus ticket from Seiyun to Mukalla, the company would not take a foreigner even though i had the permits. I don't know…
RE: Latest safety advice for travellers

by regayov 22 December 2010

Thank you very much indeed...you are really an eye-opener for me! My itineray is as follow if you can give any suggenstion/comment/advice/wa…
RE: Latest safety advice for travellers

by fluffy_bunny 21 December 2010

1) there is only one al-Mahrah. yes it's the one bordering Oman. It the are of Yemen's 3rd civil "conflict". But the problems are more…
RE: Latest safety advice for travellers

by fluffy_bunny 21 December 2010

1) Sa'ada, Ma'rib, Shabwa and Abyan are 100% off limits to foreigners. Amran and Jawf you are unlikely to be given permits. From time…
RE: safety security situation

by fluffy_bunny 06 December 2010

Things are in a gradual decline. While Shabwa, Abyan and Sa'ada governates are pretty much write offs, the rest of the country hangs in…
RE: open area in yemen

by fluffy_bunny 02 December 2010

I just did the trip from Seiyun to Mukalla as an independent traveller, but... the difference is i live here in Yemen and have a letter…
open area in yemen

by yu08986 02 December 2010

is the route from Al-Mukalla to Sayun and Sayun to Salalah (oman) open for indepedant traveller? if not, how about the trip organized…
RE: escorted policeman in yemen

by fluffy_bunny 30 November 2010

Independent travellers are often not given the permit to travel overland through Hadramaut. That said, there are no rules when it comes…
escorted policeman in yemen

by yu08986 30 November 2010

I am a independant traveller and going to visit yemen in following Feb. two questions about the trip, (1) should i need escorted policeman…
RE: Yemen Update (Sana'a, Seiyun, Aden, Taiz)

by fluffy_bunny 20 November 2010

Just to update the update... San'a: Powercuts had nothing to do with "rebels". it was a simple lack of facilities. A newly opened power…
Re: Yemen: Safety and Visas

by eveningladies 01 November 2010

Steve, you had a bit more of an experience than me by the sounds of it. I went the other way from Sayun to Mukalla a couple of months…