Middle East Travel Blogs - Page 59

I arrived in Dubai at around 8pm and immediately found a taxi bound for Abu Dhabi.  We got lost along the way but there is nothing stopping me from this vacation.

Cyprus, Isreal and Palestine. I caught a flight to larnaca in cyprus, i stayed for the first night in small village called orakilonni outside Larnaca.  The people that run the place were very friendly, and for 14 bucks i got an apartment, i'm returning there ina few days to end my trip in …

I boarded my plane in Frankfurt punctually at 2:45 PM and it took off in time at 3:20 PM. The lady at the counter had already told me what to expect: an almost empty plane. We were 50 passengers maximum, in an Airbus designed to carry 289 people. The crew made up an extra 12 persons! It was a very …

so the "white city" section Tel Aviv was recognized by the UN as a cultural icon because of the numerous examples of bauhaus architecture... while not all these photos reflect the bauhaus stayle, they were taken in a neighborhood that does contain several such buildingsit's the old tel aviv, the on…

Bon, ben, après presque 4 mois de travail à Muscat, capitale du sultanat d'Oman, au Moyen-orient, je suis finalement de retour à Dubaï, avec mon band Max Tempo.  Ce soir, c'était notre 3e soir et on sent déjà une différence nette entre Muscat et Dubaï. On avait presque oublié comment…

Location: situated in the north-west of the Syrian Arab republic 60km from Aleppo , links the coastal areas with the hinterland, its divided into five administrative areas of (Idleb, AL Ma'ara, Ariha, Jisr Ashughur, and Harem). History: the area abounds in ruins of successive civilizations dating …

This past weekend or August 29-Sept 1 was the environmental bike ride sponsored by Hazon. The weekend kicked off with a shabbaton or Sabbath celebration and relaxation. Then we hit the trails Sunday for either 55, 75, or 100 miles. I worked on the crew so I drove the photographer around all day which was extremely tiresome. Then on Monday I joined the work team milk and honey because I needed to get back to the city to catch an early bus back to D.C.

A blog with placemarks of World Heritage sites I have visited over the years.... The website I'm using as a guide: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/ UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Only had a few hours in Tel Aviv but it seemed like a really cool place.  Somewhere I'd definitely like to come back to considering it's supposed to have great nightlife.  First place we went to was Yitzhak Rabin Square and saw the place where he was assasinated.  We were given an ho…

Here you can find my stories, memories, bad, good things from my travels.

I live in northern Italy and I'm currently trying to see all of Europe while being almost in the center of it all!

So its been an interesting couple of hours.  Israeli border control is pretty strict - but I was able to process without too much trouble.  However last night's flight was 2am-4am... so my brain wasn't always firing on all cylinders when getting grilled by the officials in the pre-dawn ho…

The first place I went abroad for employment was to Qatar. When I got the offer for employment from Qatar Petroleum, I had never heard of the country's name, nor did I know the location of the country. I had to look into the World map to locate the same. Once I went there and worked for someti…

I had the best cab driver in the world!!!

You would think that most people would want to go somewhere vibrant and crazy for their 21st but I ended up back in Dubai, just like the year before. It has become sort of a tradition for me to be in Dubai on my birthday. Each time I return it seems as if the city has been rebuilt and everything ha…