traveling all the coast in Yemen
 

dear all
I have planed to travel to Yemen and ride on the coast, so, do u have any suggestion about it, do u know about the roads? are the ok?
all your commend are welcomed
Mo

Just did it
 

Came along the cost 2 weeks ago, very beautiful, like I imagine the moon is like!! The roads are amazing but the only bad thing well may be good but we had escorts everywhere and was hard to bush camp, this has come about because of the two Belgain tourists killed in the Hadromat region 3 weeks back, its a dirty dirty country, plastic bags everywhere and people carry AK 47 around like we carry mobile phones about, everyone has one, all in all my opinion of Yemen is mixed very beautiful but not to free at the moment due to recent killings, cheap fuel, good food and great roads.

I will be in Shiraz in a month or less, in Dubai at the mo getting ready to cross to Iran, are you there??

How was it?
 

Hi Rob,

How's it all going, did you enjoy the ride up? I got to travel all the way down alone with only one escort for about 150 km. Did you get a chance to see Oman at all on the way?

I will be going to the MotoGP in a few weeks in Doha, are you going to be around then, be good it you could make it.

Cheers
Ivan

Hi all
Our car will be arriving in Salalah at the beginning of March.
Shipping from Dar is a nightmare..... It takes forever......

We are still undecided as to wether we will drive through Yemen or UAE to Saudi

If we go through Yemen wat kind of costs are ionvolved for a police escort?
Is Hamamwat safe to visit?

Grts
Ian

escorts are free
 

hiya,

escorts by police are free. they try to make you buy them lunch, which you can do or refuse as you like, but no money is asked. if the ask for it at the police station, where you pick up the permit, ask for a receipt and they'll drop it. not to many escorts anyway, and no worries.
hawdramuth was safe, many checkpoints, no trouble, but it is where the belgians got shot. i consider it bad luck and would ride it again, but i think you should ask and consider when you get there.

good luck
it's a great country
t&g