Mountain Village

In the Haraz Mountains in the Central Highlands of Yemen

April 29th 2010
January to March 2010 Q's World was in Yemen, Sana'a City putting together a rural development project that will assist the poorest folk in the most remote areas. Check out www.foodworksasia.blogspot.com for details. I travelled to Sana'a on Emirates via Dubai, just making a very tight connection - the security in Dubai can take some time if you are unlucky and I made the flight, but lost my lu ... read more

Middle East » Yemen » Sana'a

North Yemen became independent of the Ottoman Empire in 1918. The British, who had set up a protectorate area around the southern port of Aden in the 19th century, withdrew in 1967 from what became South Yemen. Three years later, the southern governm... ... read more

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Geoffrey James Quartermaine Bastin

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I could be described as a flaneur - Dictionary definition: "an intellectual and physical wanderer, observer of life". I travel extensively in Asia, the Middle East and East Africa. My tales, stories and rants here are part fact/part fiction but, I hope, always stimulating and sometimes irritating. PLEASE don't take them too seriously - they are meant to inform but also to amuse and to get under your skin. I hope there's a bit of an "edge" in what I write sometimes. For those that take themselves over-seriously: it's a BLOG! Not "the Truth"... just my weird personal take on... full info

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