GlobeRover

"Live everyday as if tomorrow will never become yesterday"

Peter S

47 / Male

Hong Kong, HK Island, Hong Kong

About GlobeRover

Full Member | Member since 25th Jan 05

Citizenship: Hong Kong
Website: http://www.globerovers.blogspot.com/
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Professional Traveler
About GlobeRover:

Have been working full-time for 18 years and now taking a 2+ year break to explore the world. Since April 2005 I have been through 105 countries (net of 65)around Easthern Europe, Russia, Scandinavia, South America, Central America, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Hawaii and Alaska. Life is wonderful!

Hobbies:

Travel, Photography, Eco, Wildlife Conservation,

Favourite places:

Iran, Yemen, Syria, Japan, Vanuatu, Borneo, Philippines, South Africa, Mauritius, Canada, Burma, Nepal, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, and ...many more.

Activity : photos (6) forum (57) guide (0) blog (6) diary (1) trips (3)

Latest Blog Entry

Sana'a Yemen

Posted by GlobeRover | 1st September 2007

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As I arrived in Sanaa this afternoon, it was reminiscent of Bangladesh, or maybe more chaotic. Yemen is the second poorest Arabic country in the world. Only Mauritania has a lower per capita GDP.

First impressions of Sanaa were not too good..... It is a chaotic, dirty, and obviously a very poor city. As my taxi arrived from the airport into the old town we passed some heavily armed military personnel and their Land Rovers. On the streets many people are screaming at each others and happy faces are hard to find. The first restaurant where I had lunch with the locals (Restaurant Al-Dubai) over-charged me big time! On the streets, most people don't seem to notice me even though I have not yet seen any other Caucasians on the streets. But hey, these are only first impressions and I'm sure they won't last very long. As I dig deeper into these people's culture, habits and mind sets, I'm sure to get an entirel

Continued | GlobeRovers - Exploring Planet Earth