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If you're stuck in Oman I know some friends there ass well. I can help you out when you are here, not many good machanics here. Let me know when you are near.
Advise, spent more time in Yemen than Oman and UAE, it is a lot cheaper and more interesting.
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Dear travellers,

it was very easy to get by dhow from djibouti to yemen!!
a visa for oman you get in 1 hour in sanaa!!
on the way from yemen to oaman you need a permit, you get it free in sanaa at touristpolice!!
on the way to oman is plenty petrol, water and food available!!
from sayun hadramaut to the border is ca. 650 km!!

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Hi,

I forgot, this new road from Sanaa to the Border of Oman is complete asphalt, only the first 50 km in Oman you have dirt road, than asphalt again.
In a few months it is completely tarred!!
The road is not in the Michelin map, but in fact you don't really need a map, just follow the tar road!!

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How is travel through Yemen for Americans?

US State Dept has had a travel warning on the country for a while.

Can anyone comment?

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That is good news. We've been in Dubai for one year now and visited Oman a few times. We are planning to go back to Sana'a and explore a little more of Yemen, especially the coast, Aden. Just need to learn some arabic!
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Hi there,

a friend of mine (from Switzerland) and I intend to do the crossing from Djibouti to the Emirates in a couple of months. Hans from Switzerland replied to this thread a couple of months ago. So I wonder, whether he has any suggestions so far (because you might be already on the road)?

Does any of you have any recommendations on roadmaps for the region? We intend to go a bit off the beaten track and do some trekking as well.

Thank you in advance

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Is it possible to board a ship by car(instead of bike) from Djibouti to Yemen?

Any info on going from Oman to Iran?

This would be great/fast route from the African continent into Asia.
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Is it possible to board a ship by car(instead of bike) from Djibouti to Yemen?

Any info on going from Oman to Iran?

This would be great/fast route from the African continent into Asia.
i use this way in 2000 to cross with a motorbike, and as far as i know it was also possible to load a car on these yemenites boats which were crossing between Djibouti and Al Mukha.

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there seems to be a frequent ferry connection between the emirates and iran. that is how we are going to do it (in a couple of months). whether you can go from oman to iran directly, i do not know.

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I checked this possibility too, and it looks like Iran to Oman public ferry doesn't exist.

There's a regular ferry connection with Iran-UAE.
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got into oman today (from yemen)
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I forgot, this new road from Sanaa to the Border of Oman is complete asphalt, only the first 50 km in Oman you have dirt road, than asphalt again.
In a few months it is completely tarred!!
you are right regarding that. nowadays (beginning of august 2006) it is completely tarred. for the adventurous amongst us there is still the possibility to follow the "old off-road track" right next to the brand new road.

i did not get permission to go from sanaa to marib though! so i had to do a minor - ;-) - detour of about 500 km via mukalla. on that route i also had to be escorted by the police for the last 300 kms (free of charge).

from mukalla i rode my DR to wadi hadramawt, and from there straight to the omani border. i spent the last night on the yemeni side, as it is way cheaper there. do not expect too much from the hotel though.

in oman i was asked to pay 25,- rial for a one month insurance. the visa (which i got at the border directly) cost me 6,- rial. no costs besides that. you cannot change money at the bank in the first village across the border. and neither is there an ATM. for the later one you have to go the 190 km to next bigger city. and that is all, as mentioned above, on tarred road.

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Thanks for the info guys!

That Yemen-Oman old "offroad" road - how long is it and in what condition? Sounds like an excellent road.

Any idea if i got the Yemen visa then i can get the Saudi transit visa then? The Saudi visa seems the most hardest if i understand it correctly(?)

How much time the Yemen visa issuing usually takes and is it possible to do it in Syria or Jordan?

Thanks in advance, Margus
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Any more recent anecdotes?

Am thinking of going this route since getting a Carnet for travel through Egypt is insanely expensive.
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Also would love to get more info on the subject. Anyone has cost of ferry from oman to iran? Any possibility to do the saudi visa in yemen or oman?
Thanks!
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I guess I'd also like to get some info on Saudi Arabia. The information I have gotten is that it's very difficult to get a motocycle into Saudia Arabia.
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