Travel - Arabia Felix Magazine

Travelogue: The Islands of the two Moons

Nobel prize-winner and avid sailor Eugene O’Neill liked to declare that the only place we were every truly free was at sea. And we experienced a moment of pure freedom when the Katharina Maha, a luxurious 36 meters schooner, cast off from the port of Salif on the Yemeni coast. Just a few miles separated us from Bab Elmandeb, the strait at the southern end of the red sea.
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The Dead Sea

The Dead Sea Resort is distinguished because it is located in a country small in size, but big in spirit. The Arab world is full of diversity when it comes to food, clothing, customs, looks and behaviors. But a common language and an ancient culture and history bring out the best in them and attract millions of tourists to the Arab world every year.
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The Polish Ibn Battutah: A Contemporary Caravan From Yemen to Oman

As a Pole, I am rather used to snow and cold weather around December, but in 2004 we decided, with a group of friends, to reach the most eastern parts of Yemen in the Al-Mahra province and head to Oman. I had this idea of traversing the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula for some time and Xmas was perfect timing. Being in Yemen since March 2004 I travelled a lot but everything beyond Mukalla was a synonym of unknown places and it is from there that the true adventure begins – this turned out to be a very true expression.
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The Frankincense Road

Of all the trade routes of the ancient world, this was the oldest and almost certainly the richest. For 10 centuries, the frankinscense road — really a series of cities, oases, and for tresses — carried a precious cargo from the mountainous interior of Yemen to the coasts. Much of the trade was controlled from the capitals.
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