31 May 2009

We're on a road to nowhere

This is on the road to Kharaz refugee camp. Driving from Aden to the camp you'll see a few people on the side of the road every 30 minutes or so, walking, hitch-hiking, riding camels. You'll also see people - usually children - running towards the road with empty bottles pleading for water. Drivers on the road are their only source of it. There is no camera lens wide enough to capture the emptiness of this area. No one I've asked can figure out why (and how) Yemenis live in this area. We hear "middle of nowhere" used so often but it's fitting for this area.