The sun was already high in the early morning in the city of Al Hudeida in the Red Sea coastal region of Tihama. Tihama is one of the poorest provinces of Yemen. Foreigners recognize there influences coming from Africa and India. Due to those influences, Tihama is also one of the liberal parts of the country. There, people start chewing Qat in the early morning for some of them. Therefore the souk opens very early. The plant is still fresh. It has arrived a few hours before from the mountainous areas around thru the so called "Qat chewers roads". It is stored and protected with banana leafs. A few meters away, two tramps were trying to rest for a moment even if the temperature was increasing fast. What had they done during the night ? Were they able to find a shelter in the city ? The place they choosed seemed to be quiet anyway. They looked for a while like old cats. It was 8 a.m. only. I was about to leave the city. I did not buy Qat.