false 334212 6 In 1978 Eric Hansen found himself shipwrecked on a desert island in the Red Sea. When goat smugglers offered him safe passage to Yemen, he buried seven years' worth of travel journals deep in the sand and took his place alongside the animals on a leaky boat bound for a country that he'd never planned to visit.<br><br>As he tells of the turbulent seas that stranded him on the island and of his efforts to retrieve his buried journals when he returned to Yemen ten years later, Hansen enthralls us with a portrait -- uncannily sympathetic and wildly offbeat -- of this forgotten corner of the Middle East. With a host of extraordinary characters from his guide, Mohammed, ever on the lookout for one more sheep to squeeze into the back seat of his car, to madcap expatriates and Eritrean gun runners- and with landscapes that include cities of dreamlike architectural splendor, endless sand dunes, and terrifying mountain passes, Hansen reveals the indelible allure of a land steeped in custom, conflicts old and new, and uncommon beauty. 1210223 1991 Motoring with Mohammed: Journeys to Yemen and the Red Sea total:135|5:45|4:52|3:32|2:4|1:2| 135 539 199 33 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu May 07 18:39:16 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 18:43:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Feb 10 05:49:18 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 05:55:20 -0800 2009 Stranger in the Forest", but I think that's because I'm biased towards stories which feature a lot of flora and fauna. In his travels across Yemen, Hansen encounters a lot more humans than exotic species of lemurs, but I have to admit...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat Dec 27 08:29:04 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 08:32:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Mon Jan 12 08:07:43 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 08:08:12 -0800 2009
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