This wasn’t part of the plan. What started as a trip to the remote island of Socotra quickly took a turn when our connecting flight got delayed… forcing us to spend two full days in mainland Yemen — one of the most dangerous and misunderstood countries in the world.
With headlines warning of civil war, airstrikes, and humanitarian crisis, we were terrified. But what we found on the ground in Aden told a different story.
This is that story — raw, honest, and from the eyes of a traveler just trying to understand the world a little better.