Besides the map of Aden metro area, I threw in one of Yemen, for the heck of it.  The Yemen map includes several cities I’ve never heard of:  al-Ghaydah, Habarut, Nishtun, al-Salif.  The first three of these, as you can see, are in the extreme east.  This area is called Mahra.  A South Arabian language [...]

Aden is situated on a peninsula, with a sister peninsula to the west.  The city has several districts, called Crater; Ma`alla; Tawahi; Khormaksar.  There’s a boardwalk area, known as the corniche.  I noticed a white thing, washed up on the beach.  It looked like a stingray but seemed too thick.  The traffic around town isn’t that [...]

“SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen stepped up security around government buildings and foreign interests on Tuesday a day after a suspected al Qaeda suicide bomber killed seven Spanish tourists and two Yemenis at a tourist site. “President Ali Abdullah Saleh, whose country joined the U.S.-led war against terrorism after the September 11 attacks, said Yemen had [...]