Wadi Hadramont - Seiyun

Woke up early this morning, our last day in Hadhramout, to take pictures before the dust and haze got too bad. The above picture is a panorama taken from the roof of our hotel. A quick dip into the pool and breakfast before we hopped back into the bus for the quick ride into Seiyun. I rode with the police again and told them the 'talking muffin' joke in Arabic! Success!
In Seiyun we took a quick trip to the National Handicraft Heritage Museum and Souq. A mess. But then we walked around the main souq and through the National Museum in Seiyun, which used to be the Imam's palace when the city was the capital of the Kathiri Sultanate.
After the museum we went to a fort on the outskirts of Seiyun that had completely fallen into disrepair and had just finished being restored. They had done the restorations using the same building material and tools as the original builders, hundreds of years ago.
The director of the fort met us at the door and walked us through the history of the fort before allowing us to walk around inside. It was hot, almost 110 F, and to be honest, most of the day consisted of reluctantly climbing out of the air conditioned buses and wandering around, waiting to get back in. We spent the morning in Seiyun and then did lunch and the pool one last time at the hotel, hopped in the airplane, and back to Sana'a we went!
Although the picture is a bit hazy, it is the only picture I have that shows the two separate levels in Hadhramout. The bottom part of the picture is the bottom of the wadi, and mid-to-upper section is the plateaus separated by the different wadis themselves.
All in all, it was a great trip. Hadhramout is a region unique from the rest of Yemen in both the people and the geography (and the weather - brutal). But definitly three days well spent.