Aden
About Aden
Aden is an ancient port city in the southern part of the Arabian peninsula, on the north coast of the Gulf of Aden, positioned near the eastern approach to the Red Sea, and has been the de facto capital of Yemen since 2014. It is approximately 170 km (110 mi) east of the Bab-el-Mandeb strait. With its strategic location on the coastline, Aden serves as a gateway between the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea, making it a crucial maritime hub connecting Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
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During that era, the port of Aden maintained a kind of special status. Basically, Aden was in a pretty constant state of emergency. Things were so dicey there that British citizens living there were issued pretty much as standard with revolvers in case of assassination attempts on them.
from 483: No Such Thing As Rivets On A Tombstone, 2023-06-16 at 00:27:37 · read transcript
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Britain owned that, but you weren't allowed to go to North Yemen, and this was the way you got permission to go, kind of like getting Brian Blessed to reply to your tweet, basically. You had to write to the envoy in Aden, and the application was then carried by sea in a traditional Tao boat. It was taken to the port of Hodeida, then it was taken by horseback to Senar, which was the capital in the north.
No Such Thing As A Fourteen Humped Camel, 2021-10-08 · listen
That was the city which was I think it's about 1960 something from 1839 Britain owned that but you weren't allowed to go to North Yemen and this was the way you got permission to go. Kind of like getting Brian blessed to reply to your tweet basically. You had to write to the envoy in Aden and the application was then carried by sea in a traditional Dao boat. It was taken to the port of Hodeida then it was taken by horseback to Senaar which was the capital in the north.
394: No Such Thing As A Fourteen Humped Camel, 2021-10-08 · listen
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