In the morning I was walking again (for the fourth time) well known route to the Saudi Arabia Embassy. Not to knock again the solid gate but to speak with the manager of NOSOK travel agency located just opposite. Mr Al-Sha just returned after few days stay in Aden. He said: I can arrange your transit visa to Saudia with the entry by bus. It is not easy but possible. I need your passport early in the morning and it will take 3 days. You must have Jordan visa already in the passport. Maximum period of stay with this visa: 3 days. -Are you sure? He said “yes”. Then I asked how many such a visas for westerners he already arranged in 2007. He cannot remember…
Who lies: Mr Consul or powerful Mr Al-Sha?
Sana in exciting but I wanted to see some more interesting places – I decided to escape to the beautiful Haraz Mts. It on the main road from Sana to Hodeyda. The bus departs 7 am and 2 pm (1000 rials) and you have to disembark at Maghraba – after 3h drive. Arrange your permit (free) in The Ministry of Tourism the day before. In Maghraba I jumped on the motocycle-taxi (100 YER) and we started to climb the road to Manakha. What a views! That’s what I love!
