Vancouver trip

Vancouver trip

I went when my cousin in Vancouver
Lives in Richmond, about Richmondan Down Town Vancouver about 27 minutes Sky Train.

I went on Wednesday, 17/05/2012
5:00 pm Ferre I was met at my cousin Ferre

Thursday at 4:00 pm
 I went to the Down Town to the mosque to pray and after the prayer I went to a Lebanese restaurant
Was very cool and after Makharjt from the restaurant was now 8:40 p.m.
And returned to the mosque and the mosque in Hlst to 11:00 pm
 I went to the house of my cousin

On Friday 11:30 on
Is the Muslim festival
I went to the Down Town to the mosque to pray the Friday prayer
I came out of the mosque 2:00 pm
I went to the restaurant and I and my cousin and his friend
After lunch he went to university was born my uncle taught you a little
I went with his friend to Star Books
And we sat down to 5:00 pm
On Saturday, Sunday wa sat in the house
On Monday, she returned to Victoria
Was a wonderful trip



Yemen - Hadramout

Ḥaḍramawt

  Hadramout  is a historical region of the south Arabian Peninsula along the Gulf of Aden in the Arabian Sea, extending eastwards from Yemen to the borders of the Dhofar region of Oman.

Is the largest provinces of  Hadramout  Yemen, where occupies 36% of the area of ​​the Republic of Yemen. It occupies large areas of the coast of the Arabian Sea along the coast where canceled about 450 km, also occupies part of the Empty Quarter desert.Hadramout consists of 30 directorate and its capital is the city of Mukalla and largest city, and Mukalla came in third place among the most important cities in Yemen after Sanaa and Aden.

Bordered to the north by Saudi Arabia to the south by the Arabian Sea on the north western provinces, and on the east to the west by the province of skilled Shabwa. And away from the limits of the capital Sanaa (794) kilometers. [1].

The area of ​​ Hadramout  about 193.032 square kilometers and an estimated population of more than 2 million people, but that the main characteristics of population migration are the migrants with a population of more than 14 million expatriates around the Persian Gulf states and East Asia and other regions of the world.

Known for the majority of the population of Hadramout trade-migration of many of its people long ago, so we find that the main characters are the businessmen and investors, where there are a million and a quarter of the businessmen and investors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are Houdarm or assets Houdrmah, not to mention Southeast Asia and the rest of the world.

Also contributed to Elhoudarm expatriates in Saudi Arabia to establish the national economy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the countries of Southeast Asia such as India, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Pictures of some areas of Hadramout

Seiyun

Shibam 

 Wadi Doan

tareem

Mukalla

Alsheher

Al-hami

Video from Hadramout

Welcome to Yemen

Welcome to Yemen

Yemen is Arabia's Undiscovered gem. It is a country where you can find the world's oldest skyscrapers, spectacular mountaintop villages, pristine coral reefs, and stunningly gorgeous trees unseen anywhere else on earth. You can journey through one of the world's largest expanse of sand, or marvel at greenery so lush you'd wonder if you were in Arabia. 

This is a country that breaths history through every pore, not only through its ancient ruins and monuments, but also through its traditions and culture which remain a part of everyday life. 

Yet so little is known about the Real Yemen, that when visitors travel across the country, it is almost always a beautiful voyage of discovery. 


From the breathtaking ancient skyscrapers of Shibam to the traditional Suqs of Sana'a and the unspoiled natural beauty of Socotra, you will learn a lot about what Yemen has to offer. 

To Socotra Island

 To Socotra Island

Socotra is one of those “lost world” islands (separated from the world six million years ago) where intrepid travelers - particularly those seeking  exotic nature and wildlife in a remote tropical setting - can go days on end without rubbing shoulders with that less -than-endangered species…tourists.


Known for decades as the Galapagos of the Indian Ocean, it’s the world’s tenth richest island for endemic plant species. And the biggest island in the Middle East 125 kilometers in length and 45 kilometers across.


Meanwhile the landscape is one of contrasts, for example, it has isolated nature preserves with dazzling wildlife (including 900 species of plants, and the famous Dragon’s Blood Tree “dracaena cinnabara” and the some of rarest birds that exist nowhere else in the world), and picturesque sandy beaches.  


Photos and video of the island of Socotra

Socotra is home to more than 800 species of plants, some 240 of which are endemic to the island, and there are certainly many more plant species that have yet to be discovered. The climate is harsh, hot and dry, and yet - the most amazing plant life thrives there.

A Dragon’s Blood Tree (Dracaena cinnabari) is seen in front of the Skund mountains on the island of Socotra, Yemen. The tree is so named because any injury to the bark results in a deep red liquid excreting from the scar – compared in the past to the "Blood of Dragons".

The branches spread out into the sky and from below appear to hover over the landscape like so many flying saucers... and from above they have a distinct mushroom look.
 

an proportions grows against a limestone rock face on the island of Socotra. The plants are one of over 300 plant species endemic to the island.

Birds of a unique
Birds of Socotra to form multi-species environment features a diversity of nature, and watch the bird species is not hard, they fly close to the visitor and the trees in the sea water surrounding the island.
The island hosts more than 179 species of birds, including 25 rare species live in 32locations on the island, and six species of endemic birds unique to Socotra without otherparts of the world. The unique species of insects, including butterflies the day of the 15endemic species and butterflies of the night, and includes 60 species along with 100 species of insects last 80 of which are private Bsagtry.
In 2000 declared Socotra a nature reserve, and adopted within 23 nature reserves have been allocated $ 10 million provided by the Global Environment Facility of the UnitedNations, and in 2008 announced that the World Heritage Committee of the International Organization for Education, Science and Culture of the United Nations «UNESCO»officially join the Socotra Archipelago to the World Heritage List. 

History of Yemen

Yemen is one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Near East.^[1] Its relatively fertile land and adequate rainfall in a moister climate helped sustain a stable population, a feature recognized by the ancient Greek geographer Ptolemy, who described Yemen as Eudaimon Arabia (better known in its Latin translation, Arabia Felix) meaning "fortunate Arabia" or Happy Arabia.

The Nomadic Semites from the Yemeni desert regions (Rub' al Khali and Sayhad) migrated to the North, settling Akkad, later penetrating Mesopotamia,^[2]eventually conquering Sumer by 2300 BCE, and assimilating the Amorites of Syria.

Some scholars^[who?] believe that Yemen remains the only region in the world that is exclusively Semitic, meaning that Yemen historically did not have any non–Semitic-speaking people. Yemeni Semites derived their Musnad script by the 12th to 8th centuries BCE, which explains why most historians date all of the ancient Yemeni kingdoms to the 12th to 8th centuries BCE.

Between the 12th century BCE and the 6th century CE, it was dominated by six successive civilizations which rivaled each other, or were allied with each other and controlled the lucrative spice trade: M'ain, Qataban, Hadhramaut, Awsan, Saba and Himyarite.^[3] Islam arrived in 630^{[citation needed]} CE, and Yemen became part of the  Muslim realm and was mostly Arabized