Stuck in Sana a

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The last few days have been a little frustrating yesterday I had to go hunt an ATM that would accept my card found one eventually and score some air tickets which wasnt so difficult.

However when I made my 3rd attempt to visit the Museum all looked rosey until they locked up about 20 minuts after I arrived and kicked me out. This was followed by a fruitless search for Yemeni horse stamps.

So went back to the hotel found a novel in English by the dude who wrote the Horse Whisperer and did not leave the room till I read all 600 pages.

This morning I jumped out of bed munched into my free breakfast and headed for the service taxi station to get one to Amran. I got there without difficulty, but thats where the problem's began first they wanted me to pay for the whole taxi which I didnt want to do, but it was that or stand in the street so I invested the $10 and headed north.

Unfortunately I didnt get far the army stopped the cab took my passport then after about half hour turned the taxi around and sent me back to Sana a, now I know why nobody would share with me.

The bloody taxi driver then refused to take me back to the hotel even though he had my bloody money and I ended up on the roadside.

I then hailed another taxi and after a debate on were I wanted to go with the twenty arabs that suddenly appeared on everyside, the one that spoke English rang my hotel and I was soon on my way.

In the end this debarcle cost me $20 and about 2 hours and the worst part is I have no one here to whinge too that gives a shit, I nearly rang Ruth. This I could not do as I have only been gone 9 days and have rang her twice already a third time would be pathetic so I sent her an email instead.

Since returning from my attempted trip to the country I have spent the last 4 hours sitting in an Internet Cafe loading the photos, I hope you like them.

I am now off to the Souk to get lost until bed time, tomorrow I fly east to Sayun, so you wont hear from me for a few days.

Thankyou to everyone who has kept me up to date with the footy, cant beleive we are winning with all those injuries

To Ruthy's mum good luck in the hospital I will be thinking of you

To John dont you go propositioning my woman while I am absent

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Photos

Yemeni National Museum
Bronze ststue of a Yemeni king

Yemeni National Museum
One of only two pictures I could take before being told to put the camera away

Yemeni National Museum
The main building is a massive tower house

Comments

[Jill Overy]

Wonderful letters!
Great to hear from you, Tony. Sorry things aren't always rosy, but very interesting. Thanks for your kind message.Lovely photos, too. I'm keeping all your letters but may not download the photos, almost out of ink! Keep well and for heaven's sake keepsafe! Ruthy fine, and the pets! Love Jill

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Pics
Good to see some pics up there. All the jokes we made about the middle east and now Adelaide has its very own bombing in Pirie St right behind my work - you might be safer over there after all :)