Yemeni journey around three continents [Archives:2004/757/Community]

A team of balloonists headed by the captain Wagas Bin Hatem will soon begin a momentous trip in a hot air balloon. The balloon will launch from Sana'a and arrive at Taiz, where they would stop for two days, before continuing their trip to Aden. After eight days of rest in Aden, the team will begin their trip abroad going through the Man dub strait.
The balloon's first international stop would be in Djibouti and then it would make regular stops in the following countries Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Zambia, Democratic Congo, Central Africa, Chad, Sudan, Egypt. Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. The balloon would then cross the African continent to Europe. The first stop in Europe would be Madrid, Spain, then the team would make stops at Paris, Geneva, Vienna, Berlin, Warsaw, Slovak, Czech, Bucharest, Budapest, Ankara, Iran, Dubai, Masqat, Riyadh, Doha, Kuwait, Jordan, back to Saudi before returning to Yemen.
In many of the countries and cities visited by the team, exhibitions would be held promoting tourism in Yemen. The team's main objectives are:
1- to promote investment in Yemen
2- to encourage sports in Yemen particularly ballooning
3- to establish a route for the trip, which could be traced as to the benefit of the major destination points.
4- to conduct study and research during the journey to be given to Yemeni universities, and research centers in Yemen and abroad.
5- to study the climate and weather conditions from different dimensions above sea level.
6- recording any developing phenomenon the team may encounter during this long journey.
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