Sunday 11 November 2007

( Is it the mercy of allah.or another day to live)


well its been a while since a posted some thing, busy with work and allot on my plat.
today i thought i well post some thing along the memory lane,
once i flow from abudhabi to Aden in ( Yemen) to do with work.i flow with the Yemenis air line a very old plane and not even clean in side.
as we where approaching the air port and ready to land it star to shake ,i had a prayer and said here we go.i never thought there the worst waiting to happen
as we touched down safely we all star to walk towards the immigration who they are setting in a wooden hut.suddenly it was a total black out in the airport and all the soldiers disperse,with all their guns the first thing came to my mind was a coup.so it was a total darkness it was me a Libyan , and two other guys one from USA and the other German.was panic all over the place, so i said to the two guys lets just hide in side the hut as if there is gonna be firing they will aim high,we where shaken and petrifying,then out of the blue the electricity came back,thank god,
as every body else movements in the go.we came out of hiding pale faces, stood in line for the immigration officer, what i noticed about his mouth was a ma zing so swollen i thought it was an deficiency, then most of the other sold ires look the same.then i found out what it was is they restored this kind of drug for days called(قات(ghat to give them extra energy and be a wake most times,
as they stamped my passport.they asked me to help them go through the back listed index to find out of those two guys are wanted wooooooow i was so scared to do so. they said Ur Libyan we trust u,luckily the two guys where clear .we all went to the hotel to rest after the shock,we had a lough.
but what would happen if the black out went while we are landing. only Allah knows that.
i find out not only men store the ghat women's to,they said it gives them extra drive specially for married once, good idea to spend the honeymoon in garden Aden
the place was full of Ravens birds which i hate.
but the funny thing and how as a Libyan been trusted while i was there i went with a friend to have his photo taken, and the guy said to me i know u? i said what he said we have Ur photo here, how come, surprise to me the Yemenis secret police have copied my passport photo, thanx for the trust,i said prove it, and yes it was my photo
i just can not wait to be out of Aden so quick.
then he tried to bribe be to eat habhab( watermelon)as they call it
AM very thank full to allah and his mercy, maybe it was awake up call for me
sorry its been along post,hope u all enjoy it.
Sal am

12 comments:

Anglo-Libyan said...

that was a horror story, you should sell it to movie makers :o)

Unknown said...

ammmm interesting , as anglo said good story for a movie , it is for sure Allah's mercy , thanx for Allah u come out safe , but 1st time I know that we r trusted in yemen... lol .. funny .. thanx for sharing

ibeebarbie said...

Salam Dusk Till Dawn,
Wow! I was sweating and my heart was racing as I was reading---hoping all would be ok......FORGETTING that you started out by saying you were going back in time, which should have been my first clue that you survived it as you were posting it later. :-P So good job story telling, and more importantly - I'm glad your survived, alhamdullilah.

PH said...

I had a friend who used to live in Yemen when he was a kid and he told me in High school they used to play with Kalachnikovs and some students walked around with bodyguards and strange stuff like that .... as for the ghat its a form of narcotics and its a drug I think its illegal in some places at least its export is. Ive heard they sell it in Somalia as well.

salaam and thanks for sharing your adventure :P

3abtash said...

nice adventure. lol 1st time i hear that libyans are trusted..lol...jk. neways may u have many more safe trips.
salam

dusk till dawn said...

salam
anglo-ly
yes it was a horror story ,realy scary, and to be a sol;d as a movie wooooooow i will take u up on it bro,we both will get rich,thanx
enilightened spirit
salam DR
it was a mercy of allah ,to be safe i prayed for.funny and exciting yes,u have to be in it to live it,
what it makes me a mazed is the ghaat thing, iam sure u do know more abt it then I am.
thanx for visiting my blog, hope u did enjoy it
ibee
do they say the cat got 9 lives, will i think i did,was so close to that,it was alot more to write, but it was not so healthy.its one of my life stories.thanx
ph
salam bro. ur right abt yemenies peoples strange place full of surprises,but they are so polite to.the ghaat thing,in Aden its free 24/7 but in the capital north its aonly allowed thurs and friday. i wonder why?so all the north peoples invade aden for few days for getting high
3abtash
salam sis
yes we can be trusted as libyan,we are kind guys,but if u compare Aden to doha no resemblance,yemenies peoples are will laid back.
thanx for visiting my blog

Anonymous said...

ya 3ami you updated heheh
thanks Allah you're safe ..planes are the worst thing in the world and anything connected with them are the worst too so planes+Airports+Bag's stores= you can imagine what i mean
fe aman Allah

dusk till dawn said...

salam Maya
i can not agree more, but we have to use them and live wt it, yeap i did up date ha ha, hows study, hope all going well.
hope u did enjoy the post

Benghazi Citizen said...

It is a horror story..i laughed about the part where u descovered that photocopied ur passport..
Welcome to third world amazing airports..
lol
Good luck
a
thanks for sharing
Benghazi Citizen

dusk till dawn said...

salam BC bro
thanx a lot ur rite wellcome to the unknown darkness.it was so distressing events ,i could not beleive what i saw,u learn alot frm life,pleased u did enjoy it hope it will never happened to u

saroto said...

hii DTD
it s nice to see u

dusk till dawn said...

hi sarroto
what a nice surprise u three -dimensional. u shocked me by this ha ha u know i love u all. u cheeky kids. wait till i see u all