Yemen - Hiking to Saih Valley

Our first visit to a coffee area was the Saih valley. The coffee from here is called Saihi, which is the normal conjugation here... coffee from Bani Mattar is Mattari, etc. This is coffee is different than the other origins we visited, because it is grown in the narrow confines of a valley, and it was the only place I saw the use of shade trees for the coffee in Yemen.

the next morning road trip to Saihi growing region, but a stop first to this great shop... Yemen	handed my camera to a kid and got a crooked self portration with Ali and Al Muhakri Yemen	and a nice egg sandwich pretty good for a coutry that doesn't eat breakfast, a Yemeni egg Mc Muffin Yemen
no .... Did not buy the Yemeny Baby milk, just liked the name. Yemen	Newer homes New is all relative in this ancient land, but you can spot newer abodes since they are not in...	Typical Landscape. Arid and dry, with some sparse amounts of greenery and agriculture in the "wadi", the valleys....
Agriculture A rare place where there are actually some broad swaths of arable land Yemen	Saih Valley entrance As we approach the Saih Wadi, terraced agriculture Yemen	Ancient homes among the rock... Typical of Yemen, but remarkable to new eyes of a visitor. Yemen
Children of Saih Traditional hats, and some unusual cloth, in the village at Saih there weren't many children,...	Cowtown Hanging out in the meager shade, a few cattle in town Yemen	My National Geographic photo Okay, if I can nominate myself for one award, I think it would this photo be it. To state the...
Just hanging around ... Yemen	Coffee on a Mule. Saihi is relatively flat terrain compared to the other coffee regions where the crop is terraced...	Dried cherry samples Direct from the back of the mule, ready to go to the local collector and on to Sana'a. Yemen