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Yemen
Touring the Frankincense Route
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Departures |
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Geographic Expeditions
800-777-8183, 415-922-0448 |
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$5,590-$6,260,
includes airfare from U.S. |
tourist hotels |
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The Route: A 17-day, 1,000-mile Land Cruiser tour that includes visits to the city of Sana’a, the palace at Wadi Dahr, and the ancient ruins of Shabwa, plus an 11-hour, 265-mile excursion across the Ramlat as-Sabatayn Desert.
When to go: February, October
Difficulty: Easy to moderate
Travel advisory: Be willing to be conciliatory: Virtually every Yemeni male over the age of 12 carries a dagger and a Kalashnikov.
High/low points:
- Visiting the cliffside fifteenth-century stone palace decorated with white gypsum and stained glass at Sana’a.
- Eating your 17th consecutive meal of fuul, a stew made of dried fava beans.
Copyright 1998, 国产吃瓜黑料 magazine
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