A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Sanaa, Yemen by TravelPod blogger Hardiek titled "YEMEN- IT’S THE REAL THING" Hardiek's travel blog entry: "It seems like we circle the airport more than once coming down into Sana'a, but I don't know why, since there's no traffic at all and the weather is beautiful. So is the scenery, so I'm not complaining, like a cross between the Bolivian altiplano and the Grand Canyon. Immigration formalities are no problem, though at $60 the visa is not cheap. When I ask, the guy tells me it can be used for re-entry, but I'm not sure, since his English seemed basic. The good news is that the Arabian Nights are alive and well in Sana'a. Apparently God said something like, "Yep, pretty much like I remember it." I'm paraphrasing, but the place IS pretty incredible, fairy-tale architecture that looks nothing like so much as icing on the cake, an Arab-style cake, with lots of swoops and swirls and extra sugar on the side. Sana'a is to architecture what halwa is to sweets. This is a place where matching belts and daggers are the height of male fashion and chewing qat is one of the favorite pastimes. I've already tried that in Somaliland, and here it's much the same, like Major League pitchers warming up in the bullpen, chewing cud and looking bad. They're nice as can be, though- most Arabs are, though terrible drivers- the belligerence and aggressiveness mostly a political posture, on the micro or macro level. Crime seems to be at most ...