The Yemeni nomad who drove me and a Belgian backpacker (left) at 140km/h for five hours across the hard-packed sand of the Rub' al Khali ('the empty quarter')

More scanned slides from my 1997 trip to Yemen. Sadly, this photographer's paradise is pretty much a no-go area for Western travellers these days.

Photographer:
buckshot
Uploaded:
2013-11-23
Tags:
e-6 processed exotic middle east slide travel
Camera:
Nikon F50
Film:
Kodak Ektachrome Elite II 100
City:
Sana'a
Country/region:
Yemen
Year:
1997
Time:
afternoon
Albums:
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