Having had such a great day yesterday on the bikes, we wanted more. We had heard that it was market day at the next town and that would make a nice little outing. But while waiting to go I wandered around Zabid a little first.
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- While waiting to go on our outing, I walked around Zabid briefly.
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- Zabid in the morning.
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- At an old school, I was amused by the word “God” encased by the star of David.
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- … suddenly they came …
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- … they were all around me …
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- There, I thought I was alone but …
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- … and all wanting their photos taken. And they wanted to stare.
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- Looking out from a cafe.
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- Zabid in the morning.
Once at the market, it was a colourful and chaotic scene. Exactly the way I like it.
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- Fried fish … would you like flies with that? Not a choice really, you get them free!
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- Fritters.
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- Fruit, veges and dates.
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- Fruit, veges and dates.
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- The butcher.
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- Vegetable section.
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- Vegetable section.
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- Tobacco.
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- Grains.
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- Ropes.
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- The fashion department.
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- Fish to go into the oven.
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- Our morning tea stop.
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- Our morning tea stop. Man sitting with us wanted his photo taken 🙂
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- Our morning tea stop. Man sitting with us wanted his photo taken 🙂
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- Yes, flies are everwhere.
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- There are three goats on the bike. As for cows, I managed to count only one on another bike.
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- Man and kid.
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- Goat boy on truck.
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- Goat boy on truck.
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- Kids.
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- MPV Yemeni style.
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- Oh the chaos 🙂
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- He wanted his photo taken … this is Yemeni friendliness.
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- Staring squad or shoofis.
We called into a banana plantation on the way back to Zabid. It was lovely and green unlike most of Yemen, because of irrigation.
Banana plantation.
Our motorcycles.