Road Trip!

Assalamualaikum w.b.t.

I want to amalkan always beri salam, first. InsyaAllah.

I'm back everybody :D Everyday I open my blog tapi tak update2 haha sorry no time ;p Too many other better things to do hee hee. Last tuesday until thursday, my family, my mak ngah's family and my grandparents (yes they're here! :D) went on a road trip to Taiz, Ibb and Jiblah. These places are still in Yemen. Sana'a (where Im staying) is like Kuala Lumpur, Taiz Ibb Jiblah are south macam Johor Melaka hahaha.

First destination would be Taiz. Taiz is a 6 hour journey, jauhh. Me n Aly kena sumbat at the back of the car, bontot2 sume habis numb O.O But the journey was just so breath taking! Seriously, all the buildings, the mountains, its just such a different beautiful culture. Its just amazing. On the way there, we singgah-ed Dhamar. It was time for brunch :D Imagine a family of eight sitting at the edge of a mountain eating MEE HUN! Hee hee nekpah punya kerja lah ni buat mee hun :) Cantik! See see :

Yayah Hero Habis :D

That's Aly

Banyak lagi gambar coming, dont worrryyy. Then after we ate, just as we were about to continue the journey, a small van which had like 30 girls in it came and they came out of the car playing a rhythm on their gendang. They we young, my age kot. Ada some sort of celebration for a bride. Then we said hye and everything. You know what? Yemenis really like Malaysians. Because we are from a muslim country and well we're nice i guess :D So they kept waving at us, feeling so excited that they met us foreigners. Hati kitorang lagi dug dap haha.

U know what? Along the journey, kat tengah2 jalan many people were selling carrots and timuns haha and the carrots SEDAP! ;D haha yeah. So we arrived at the hotel around 4 so we just lepak-ed. In the morning, we ate at a smaall coffee table in the room, all 8 of us. It was so nice. Whole family having simple breakfast. OK, Yemen is famous for their qamariahs. Its like glass painting which they have at most buildings. When I woke up, the sun was shinning right on it and the room was colourful! It was so nice. And our room punya view hebat gilaa !





Then, we went up ta mountain (Jabal Saber) and its my favourite part of the trip! As we went up, we stopped to take a picture of buildings bulit at the edges of the mountains. Imagine living in this environment everyday. Wow.

As we went up, a litte girl was trying to make money by selling flowers. She chased our car and shouted "FLAAAWERRR! FLAAAWERRR!" Alahai, tak sampai hati pulak, so we bought. We stopped a few times to take some pictures. Seriously, its just AMAZING. Because this place isnt commersialised like Cameron highlands. Its just as it is. With people living their lives in the environment. The place doesnt have tourists and theme parks or anything to make it a tourist attraction. Its like an untouched haven, pure in its own natural way. And you can see the beautiful culture. Ohh it was simply perfect.




Then this boy went to my dad with a himar (donkey) and asked him to ride it. My dad hesitated but all of us "insisted" that he does. He rode it and it was hilarious because I could see that he was actually scared, takot2 donkey tu turning sikit, terjunam bawah bukit hahaha. But the boy was a natural. He rode the donkey terbalik and rode it dekat tepi2 bukit. Respect lah :D
We drove higher and higher until the peek of the mountain. We were ABOVE THE CLOUDS! :D Memang one of the most beautiful places I've been too. SERIOUS. Cuba bayangkan I'm in a jubah tengah cuba nak panjat segala batu yang ada. Wait, don't imagine. Humiliating haha but I wouldnt want to miss the chance of a lifetime eh? Anyway takde orang pon. And then, I met this girl, 19 years old. She wanted to talk to me so bad because she was taking an english course and she wanted to practice her english with me. U know what? She's 19 and married O.O The legal age for marriage here is 15 ! ..... Bahaya.

Ayah Ngah, Abah, Aly

Abah, Me, Aly

After enjoying the rocks and clouds, we went back down. On the way, we saw two cute girls walking. So my grandpa opened his window and offered them candy. After that we drove away. TIBA2, AN AMBUSH OF LITTLE BOYS KEJAR OUR CAR. They wanted CANDY. But we didnt have enough so we drove faster. Then they chased the two girls. The two girls ran for their life! Then the boys pushed the girls to the ground! We were like OMG. So my uncle reversed and went out of the car, marah. Then the boys cabut lari. It was such a scene, man.

Then we went to Ibb and went up a mountain and took really nice pictures of the sun rays. Then my uncle who is a professional photographer was so hyped up when he saw a dandelion and took dozens of pics of it. I took one too :D There:

As we went back to the hotel, hundreds of camels past by! On the road! In front of our hotel! Tekezut saya. Ada camel tempang jugak, kesian :( That night we played "password" and me n aly got beaten by my mak ngah. She will never make me forget that moment hahaha. Dia cium2 invisible trophy. Watch out mak ngah! Vengence will arise.

YEEHAA! :D

Then we headed for Jiblah. Here is the place where Queen Arwa once ruled. So looked at her mosque and her museum. U know what? Yemeni's are not good at English. So when we went in the museum, there was a description about her. "Queen Arwa was very beautif000000000000l. She was white, tall and a little fat" HAHAHA! Me and Aly gelak terbahak bahak. Me n aly's museum tour guide was this little girl name Lufa. Hebat jugak dia haha.

Ismuki (Her name is) Lufa.

Then we had butt aching ride home but overall it was an amazing journey :D I will never forget it. Im not a good story teller, so u might think this entry is boring but whatever it is, it is a journey where my heart became amazed.