I was supposed to leave Yemen yesterday | S8, EP54
Okay, I got myself a new ride We never came here It's an old part Yeah Because of the crowd we are scared that anything happens Mukalla, Yemen Season 8 - Eps. 54 Good morning internet, it is 7:50 in the morning and welcome back to the channel Welcome here to Mukalla in Yemen Change of plans, I was supposed to fly out this morning But then uh, late last night we got a message that the flight is not happening today And it's pushed one day which is apparently quite a common thing for the Yemenia Airways So that means I have one more day here in Mukalla So I told Kais, I said, ah I have bad news my flight is pushed for one day And he was like, we should celebrate. This is great news, we have one more day to explore So I'm glad that uh, yeah we're going to have one more day here I thought that Kais, Ahmed and Muhammad would have to go back to Seiyun today but they can stay one more day with me So we already made a new plan for what we're going to do today I will be riding a motorbike again, we've organized another motorbike Well we, Kais organized another motorbike for me which is a motorbike from someone who works here at the hotel So yeah, uh that happens I'm actually not really surprised because on my way here, my flight was also delayed with I think six hours And all the flights have been either delayed with many hours or now even pushed one day It seems to be kind of normal So I'll just go with the flow and uh, yeah spend another day around Mukalla I can smell the fish Oh look at this Cats are waiting So the boats will they will come right up here They are dried for one year or two years One or two years drying And then he washes it now Yeah he washes it before drying it And after they dry it, whenever you want to.. To cook it, it's possible Those are sharks Small sharks How many kilos? 12 kilos - 12 kilos Dried fish - Ah, that's the dried fish that he was washing Yeah, lots of watermelon So these watermelons come from the north and the south of Yemen Yeah They are so good We are now entering the vegetable market But this is imported I think, the bananas or not? Yemen, from Yemen - Also from Yemen Pumpkin Yeah Enormous So we're now going to visit the museum of Mukala So this used to be the palace of the sultan and now it's the museum right? Yeah So these are old photographs of Mukalla in the 1930s And during that time Mukalla was a colony of Britain So from 1839 until 1967, this part of Yemen was under British rule And after the British left, immediately the Russians came in until the Soviet Union collapsed the Russians were here and that's the reason why in the southern part of Yemen the men will not wear the daggers Because those were forbidden during that time But the north of Yemen was never under British nor Russian rule right? No no - No This is the sultan So that was put there by the British then and the army was riding camels Yeah Your's is more beautiful Thank you Are those, those must be British? Yeah Ah, see here, you can see the women were already wearing those hats Yes exactly Now they're a bit pointier and a bit taller, I think That's because farmers are different from shepherds Ah These are in the farm These are farmer hats and the pointy ones are shepherd's hats Exactly Ah, I see So I'm now walking basically in the old palace of the sultan Ah, is this still how that room looked originally? Yes The red room So this is the view from the balcony of the palace See and then behind here are the mountains Right there These were probably the gardens Yeah Ready Okay, I got myself a new ride This is the bike from a guy at reception Oh wait for me It's another 150 It's in better state than the other one This one has proper air in the tires for one, that's good And the engine is a bit, runs a bit smoother But the brakes are again horrendous So I'm starting to think it's maybe, just the thing of these bikes That they just have either non-existing or horrific front brakes Other than that, it's pretty okay Very comfortable seat Anyway, I rode this bike now from the hotel But um, there were several checkpoints on the way So I took the cameras off Because I really, really cannot film any checkpoints And if the cameras are there then There's going to be questions so better to take them off completely And just ride now within the city Kais is also trying to arrange a boat to go for a little boat ride But.. it's uh, it's a bit hard to find a boat So we already tried it yesterday as well Uh, didn't work out We're going to try again today Hi So the plan is to visit a bit of a different part of town now But we will see how it goes We will see what comes on our path today Oh, the sun is bright You know, I see all these pool tables That's already the third one that I see People are playing pool.. on the streets
It's so cool Maybe it's some type of gambling as well Or like maybe you can earn money with it. I don't know Oh, that was the police again The police again from yesterday I think we're now on our way to this fort So all on the tops of the mountain on that side behind me There are small fortresses Or well they're more like lookout towers really And they've always been to protect the coast To see where who's coming from the sea side But then here, there's also a fortress that was built to protect traders that were coming with camel caravans It's actually two of them That guy is in a hurry Traffic lights are not working Yeah, I've been really lucky actually Because all the hotels where I've stayed, they all have generators So honestly, I haven't noticed much of power cuts When the power cuts out within one or two minutes, the power always came back on in the hotel from generator But electricity is a big uh.. problem in Yemen Oh! I caught a plastic bag Ah, this is it. Yeah, here it is
See how amazing it's like, sitting on this rock That has been eroded from the bottom it almost looks like it's riding a wave Fascinating right? And then.. There's another one on that side But that's the cool one The curve hotel Oh, this is a cool view There's a a big mosque there behind Here's the mall Cucci You saw that? I think that's supposed to be Gucci Ah, we're now at the water side Maybe this is where we're going to look for a boat The setting is really pretty, look at this Laundry day Working on the bikes Ah, they're selling food here Oh, that's that kind of deep fried bread That we also had last night for dinner Those round ones and those smaller ones Bread okay How's everything? Good We never came here It's an old part Because of the crowd we are scared that anything happens But it's not so busy now It's so peaceful! Yeah, it's very peaceful Very quiet Oh, that bread smells so good Super fresh Ready? Yeah Kids playing I wonder what the game is here? Under those black abayas the women wear the most beautiful colorful dresses But.. We won't get to see them That's only for.. Inside the house Now we're back to the main street There's another motorcycle place We go to the boat area To look for a boat Yeah They're so colorful, the boats We go that region Yeah And we look for the boat guy Okay Oh You're on the wrong side Did you see the T-shirt of that guy, it said Suicidal Tendencies And then he was driving against traffic on the wrong side of the road Okay Let's find a boat We found a boat! Yes! Nice Ahmed takes the top of the boat Oh thank you And we're back at the hotel That was a really, really lovely boat ride On the way back, on the motorbike I took the cameras off because yeah, we were passing several checkpoints again So I thought let me pack away the cameras Uh, but it was a really lovely ride and yeah, being on the water was really special And we had a really beautiful view on Mukalla and it was so peaceful So yeah, I really enjoyed it So I'm going to try this again. That was it for today That was the last day on Yemen mainland Hopefully tomorrow I will be flying to the island To Socotra which is also part of Yemen but will be a completely different world Hopefully, the flight will just go on this time around But we will see So yeah, that was it for today. I really hope you liked this video If you did please give thumbs up. Subscribe down below and then I will see you in the next video
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