Muscat had torrential rain today causing, as usual in a desert country, instant floods and a sharp drop in temperature.
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Rain and floods
Month: November 2006
Travelling through southern Yemen
The road from Thumrayt into Al Mazyunah leads into the northeast desert of Yemen and my destination the Hadramawt as I decided this was a great centre for visiting the Hadramawt. We stopped in Rimah some half way on our journey for lunch that, at 1,000Yemeni Riyals (roughly 2 Omani Rials), was about twice the cost of a similar rice and meat dish in Oman.
Eventually, I arrived in the old town of Seyoun where I intended to stay for a few nights. My hotel was just off the main square where the old palace, a confection of white plaster, dominates the town. The next Continue reading “Travelling through southern Yemen”