The Country So I had this vision that when we crossed the Anatolian Plateau in Eastern Turkey and entered Iran the cold would be over. After all, Iran is a hot desert kind of place, isn’t it? Well yes, Iran is a hot desert kind of place, but a bloody mountainous one. So far we have rarely been below 1,000 metres in altitude, and mostly have been at 1,500m plus. Often we hit 2,100 or 2,200 metres on our rides ...
Mørket er for længst faldet på, og halvmånen spejler sig i Bosporus, men stadig står de som perler på en snor og kaster fiskesnører ud over Galata-broen. Unge som gamle fiskere, som med et nøje svirp sigter efter at ramme vandoverfladen under den trafikerede bro. Under broen er vi rykket tilbage i de godt polstrede, men slidte stolesæder på en vandpibe-café, hvor røgen omkranser gæsterne som en tyk tåge, mens vi gruer for det øjeblik, at en krog skal flyve ...
Conform unor informatii “pretioase”, gasite pe diferite bloguri, pentru a savura cu adevarat culoarea locala trebuie sa ajungi si intr-un bazar numit Haraj bin Gassem, adica un secondhand souk. “Legenda” spune ca acolo pot fi gasite rochiile printeselor, la preturi sub 10 euro, sau rochii de firma (unele cu eticheta inca) care intr-un boutique ar consta peste 7000 rial (adica peste 1400 euro). Aseara o doamna olandeza, care traieste aici de peste 39 de ani, mi-a confirmat ca pentru o ...
This morning we visited our fourth Refugee Camp. We were told today that all these camps were constructed on land one kilometer by one kilometer. Originally established in 1948 the intention was that they would be there for three years and house between six and eight thousand people. Even now the UN mandate must be renewed every three years. The UN pays for 100 administrative staff and on every renewal of the budget is reduced. The balance of the budget ...
Hi, I'm Nancy, Here I share some tips for personal travel and backpack travelers to travel to Shanghai. When I travel to somewhere, I always like to find out my living in a kind of hotel with a good price, but the room is clean with all Basical funds, the bed is comfortable with a clean bathroom to have a nice shower after coming from the travel all day … then later lying in bed to watch TV, or … ...
This morning we went to Jerash. Not to visit famous Roman ruins there but to tour the Refugee Camp there that may or may not contain 30 000 people. This number like all estimates of population in this region are imprecise and controversial. The story of the refugee camps in Jordan is not easy to summarize. It begins with the Arab view that Palestine is what we know Israel. The Palestinians who left the area in two rounds (1948 and ...
So this is all very new to me. My first blog. But it is important to make learning a life long adventure. So I have adopted the non de plume given me by Francie and the site Katherine used on her big trip. This trip is my introduction to the NGO Right to Play. I wont spend much time describing this because the website is quite complete. This trip focuses on Jordan with a side trip to Beirut and a ...
As I’m finally getting ready to leave the tumult of the city for the calm of the Black Sea (and also because I can’t figure out how to post more pictures without a written entry), I’m going to do what I said I wouldn’t – a bit of guidebook writing. In this city full of wonders, it’s hard to choose only five favorites, but here’s my best attempt. part of the exterior. No other mosque close to matching their magnificence. ...
catch the service taxi from Hebron to Ramallah 19 shekels then from Ramallah to Nablus 17 shekels think? cant really remember the prices about 3quid each lets say. so as a punishment, there were heavy restrictions on imports of goods relating to the economy and weaken the people. all of the soap is consumed mainly in Nablus, but there is plenty of soap left unsold to "think to import to England my confidence.
We decided to try to do more on the weekends. There are so many beautiful things to see here other then the malls. Now that the weather is cooling a bit we have decided to go on adventures during the weekends. We wanted to visit other Emirates and Oman which is the country neighboring UAE. In this blog we ventured to Buraimi, Oman which Al Ain borders. I actually live right across from the border so we have finally gone ...