Husn Al Guwayzi and other Al Mukalla, Yemen Things to Do Tips

Husn Al Guwayzi is a small fortress, builded in 1884 by a rich merchant family of the city, used in the past as a custom house and guards house.
It is wonderful how it was builded up on this rock, near to the cliff. It seems it should fall in any moment!

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Directions: Over a small rock in the road from Seiyyun-Ryan.

You have to wake up early to visit the fish market of Mukalla: fishers boats come back to the modern harbour after fishing all the night and then they have to sell fish quickly, because of the hot.
Mukalla fish market is well known, perhaps the only one more important in Yemen is Al- Hudeyda market.
The market is a unique and "hard" experience. The smell of fish, hot, the blood,... Some people cannot overcome this.
Sharks are usually sold in this market, in a great number of them. So, be careful when swiming in Mukallaīs beach.

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Address: Al-Mukalla modern harbour
Directions: In the road from Mukalla to Riyan.

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In the evening, most of Mukallahīs activity occurs in the seafront, where the old harbour was placed.There you can yemenian people having a nice time, children usually jump to the sea in a competition. As they saw us, they tried to jump higher and farther to get a picture. They were really nice!

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Address: Mukallaīs seafront

Just in front of Al-Mukalla you can see some sunken ships.
Al- Muakalla is an important harbour in Yemen, specially from the last years while Aden, where many battles were fought during the war of 1994,has lost its traditional importance.

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