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 Standing in front of the post
office after postage by Pakistaniguy
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The general advice (including the FCO's) when I went was to take cash dollars. (In point of fact ATMs seemed to be reasonably common in the large towns). And dollars are generally acceptable for hotel bills, souvenirs and suchlike.
Try and get large- $50 or $100 - denomination bills. You will often find that you get a poorer exchange rate for smaller bills - when I visited YR 199/$ for large bills, maybe YR195 for smaller notes. Quite a difference.
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 One of the many Call
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 One of the many Money
Exchangers in Sana'a. by Pakistaniguy
Foreign exchange offices are mostly signed in English and in Arabic and are mostly open from 9 am to 9 pm daily except Friday. Banks offer slighty lower rates then foreign exchange offices but they are the ones which will change your travellers chaques.
Keep in mind that there is no Black Market so avoid changing your money on the street.
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 View of The Capital of Yemen -
Sanaa ! by Pakistaniguy
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Notwithstanding all this honesty prevails and crime is very low. Leave a Comment
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Yemens visa regulations changed on a monthly basis a few years ago but now the visa is straight forward. You get the visa on arrival at the international airport and the visa takes about 5 minutes. You must pay in foreign currency ie US dollars or Euros but it is an easy process. The visa cost $50 US and takes up a full page in your passport. Good to see that the country is beginning to relax and open up to tourists. Be warned that the passport officials will check your passport several times meaning if you have an Israeli stamp in your passport your Yemen holiday will be a short one. They will immediately turn you back to your original departure destination. Leave a Comment
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A issue when travelling to a place like Yemen is what type of money to bring with you. Most people prefer US dollars but they can be a problem in Yemen as most exchange offices in Yemen consider pre 1990 US bills as potential fakes so make sure either you bring post 90 bills or take Euros as Euros are exchanged everywhere in the major centres. Also, credit cards are virtually useless so bring lots of cash in various forms. Leave a Comment
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 by TheLongTone
Worked perfectly well for hundreds of years......
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 by MichaelFalk1969
In Yemen, almost all women are veiled. They do not like to be photographed, so don`t do it unless you`re absolutely sure they will not notice. It might cause trouble.
It is no problem to take photographs of children. Often they will ask you to take a photo ("ßura"). Usually they are happy if you show them their picture on a digital camera display. If you want to make sure that they don`t expect money for the picture, ask "ßura bas - mafisch?" (meaning: only photo - nothing else?).
In the rural areas, adults sometimes approach you to take their picture. They don`t want money, but it would be polite to show the photo on your digital camera and comment "tammam" or "mumtass" meaning "very good".
If you want to ask somebody if it is OK to take his picture, ask "mumkin ßura" meaning "Can I take a picture?". If the response is "aiwa", its OK, if its "la" (=no"), you should respect this.
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