From the nomadic steppes of Kazakhstan to the frenetic streets of Hanoi, Asia is a continent so full of intrigue, adventure, solace, and spirituality that it has fixated and confounded travelers for centuries.
The old village of Dhahran Al-Janub is a beautiful testimony to the old mud-brick houses. It is located above 2160 meters on a plateau formed by the Sarawat mountains. It lies along a meander of the Wadi Kutam and was a stopover for Yemeni pilgrims on their way to Makkah. It is abandoned...
Today, our friend Sultan arranged to visit a “Camel Camp” in the desert. So his friend took his luxurious Range Rover and drove three of us, Sultan and a secret police officer, around 100 kilometers east of Najran. We had a great afternoon in the desert playing with camels...
Najrān is a town oasis in the southern Asir region in the desert along the Yemen frontier next to al-Khali (“Empty Quarter”) desert. It is the capital of Najran province and is one of the country’s fastest-growing cities (pop. 600,000). In earlier times, it was called...
From Al Habala, we drove road #15 toward Najran. It’s actually a highway going through a mountainous area distinguished by granite rocks. We took a few photos around the road and reached Najran in the late afternoon.