Thanks for the comments so far.
tippler - i asked about the camel. it works 4 hours on the mill and then it gets 4 hours off then 4 on again, and so on. so it works 12hrs a day basically. but it does look malnourished to me. sometimes i worked longer than that with no food!
roachboy- i was supposed to spend an extra dayand a half in Sanaa on the way back but with the whole mess-up with the flights and the additional day in Mukalla we didnt get a chance to go back to the souq again before it closed. the only shop i managed to get to sold yemeni jewellery. big chunky jewellery. i could get my hands on some yemeni music if i need to though or if you are interested.
yemeni pop is very conservative and usually consists of an instrument called the 'duff'. almost like a tambourine except without the metal thingmibobs on the edges. could this be what you are talking about?
our arrival in Seiyun
dont mind the sillouette
goat feed
mud brick houses devastated by the floods
this is where i got my laurence of arabia tag from
the burial place of prophet Hud (Eber)
more flood devastation
the owners of this house had to move into the tent pictured due to the mudbrick house not being safe enough to live. this place is about 10km out from the nearest town and is in the middle of no where.
