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Middle East

Photo Friday #11: Jordan

September 3, 2010 Jordan

As the King’s Highway in Jordan winds its way back out of Wadi Mujib, the two-laned highway is, on some stretches, wide enough for roadside cafes (and I use the word ‘cafe’ loosely) and souvenir stalls to set up shop. It must be lonely work – only one other car passed the entire time we [...]

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Photo Friday #10: Syria

August 27, 2010 Photo Friday

On one of our day trips from Hama, Syria, we visited the lonely and windswept hilltop ruins of the city of Apamea. Founded in 300BC, the city became part of the Roman Empire around 64BC and played host to distinguished guests like Cleopatra. Today, excavations have revealed the high columns that once lined the Roman [...]

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Do donkeys have rabies?

August 22, 2010 Destinations

Finally riding on an “air-conditioned taxi” One of the good things about doing an organised tour is that it gets you involved in activities that you might otherwise avoid, like dancing around a fire with Nepalese guys in costumes while a skinny Santa atop an elephant looks on on Christmas Eve. Or, in this case, [...]

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Middle East Summary

August 15, 2010 Egypt

Days gone: 46* Average cost per day: $56.96 AUD (includes an 8 day tour in Egypt) Most memorable moment: Watching the night sky above Wadi Rum desert where it seemed the world was full of stars, and we saw five of them shooting across the sky. Moment I want to forget: Fronting up at the [...]

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Eating: Middle East

August 10, 2010 Destinations

Not that I’m dwelling on it, but it’s relevant for any post about food or eating: after we got sick in Syria, it lingered. Especially around Alicia, who didn’t take antibiotics. So the Middle East turned out not to be the culinary adventure we were hoping for. While breakfast was included in pretty much all [...]

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Photo Friday #7: Egypt

August 6, 2010 Egypt

When you’re travelling, every day is full of the new and the exciting. So much so that often you can become desensitized to what you’re seeing. But then, you find yourself somewhere – in this case, it was boarding a felucca to cross from the east bank of the Nile in Luxor, Egypt, to the [...]

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Touring Egypt Part 2

July 23, 2010 Destinations

For my brief trip to Egypt in between my time in Jordan and my flight to Hong Kong to meet my sister and some friends, I decided to join a group tour. You can read about my reasons for doing this and why I was a little nervous about it in Touring Egypt. This post [...]

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