Coming to the last day of a trip always involves some mixed emotions for me. I want to keep travelling - but on the other hand it is also n…

Driving on the overnight train from Luxor to Cairo they had turned the air con on. During the day this is clearly a necessity to keep people ju…

It is very early morning and I wake up - it is actually a bit chilly this morning before sunrise - so I decide to actually use the sleeping b…

I wake up the next morning it is actually a bit chilly - and I think about whether or not to try to unpack my sleeping back and get down in it.…

After getting up yesterday at a stupid hour today is somewhat more relaxed. I will be in Aswan until 1 in the afternoon. Then leaving on a Fel…

My alarm is going of really early in the morning - actually I am not sure this time can be described as morning - it is 03.15. I am more us…

The first Egyptian temple I ever visited was in an unusual spot - it was in the middle of Madrid in Spain - and not in Egypt. So what is an E…

The pyramid used to be the sacred burial places for the Faros but there was a problem with them. They were very easy to spot for grave robber…

After getting hot and dusty in the desert it seems like no amounts of time spend in the shower will really do the job - hence it is a good thin…

We continue our drive leaving the desert behind and heading towards the city of Luxor - the city know in the days of the ancient Egyptians as T…

I take the spacecraft in the morning and we drive away from the lunar landscape of the White Desert we go to se a small oasis town with a littl…

We are leaving the Black Desert and go to a nearby oasis town to do some shopping for lunch and dinner. When we get to the town the search f…

For as long as I can remember I wanted to go to Egypt. When I thought of Egypt it was always the same place - the pyramids in Giza. There are …

From the pyramids I venture away from the beaten track and go on tour camping in the western desert of Egypt. This is different from the par…

Mount Sinai is famous from the bible but today people go there to enjoy the sunrise which is supposed to be amazing. You walk up there during th…

Dahab has somehow managed to escape mass tourism until now hence it is a fairly small place without the big hotels you will find elsewhere in E…

I am leaving Jordan today to catch a ferry to Egypt. In theory this should be a easy day of travelling - a one hour ferry ride and the a shor…

After Petra the dessert. area Wadi Rum is probably the main tourist attraction of Jordan. With a good reason it is a unique landscape. Like so …

Before I came to Petra I was told it would be an amazing sight but to go there as early as possible because of the heat. Furthermore I had h…

Driving from Amman Beach along the Dead Sea is yet another display of the instability of the region. Israel and Jordan may have a peace trea…

Heading of to go "swimming" in the Dead Sea this morning. I new it is the lowest point on earth and the salt content of the water is several t…

Heading from Jerash to Amman leads you through the Jordanian dessert which got some green patches here and there producing loads of vegetables…

I am leaving Syria now. It is with a bit of mixed emotions never before have I gone to a country with so few expectations and been so posi…

In Damascus I get yet another indication this part of the world is semi instable. I had thought about making a trip to Lebanon before I left…

At a time when there where no major settlement in my country and my ancestors where busy helping there fellow Germanic tribesmen beat the…

Leaving Palmyra there is options - always options. You can turn left and go for the adventure packed full on action holiday in Iraq or turn ri…

Leaving from Crac des Chevaliers it's a long drive through the Syrian desert to get to Palmyra an old oasis town in the middle of Syria. The …

Setting of early - again - from Aleppo the day started with a short visit at a small city Hama. The town is known for the ancient waterwheels …

I woke up in morning - my fears from the night before about being decapitated turned out false.   Walking out on the street to cra…

Very early in the morning it is time to get up and get ready to leave for Syria. It'll be a long day of driving and boarder crossing hence an e…

Had to leave Olympos fairly early in the morning to get to Cappedocia. In the paper they wrote about the weather in the last couple of days i…

Leaving fairly early in the morning from Kaş to go to Olympos. A small town along the coast. I got there around lunch time and relaxed a bit t…

Of to Kaş a nice little Turkish town at the Mediterranean which luckily seem to have escaped the mass tourism until now. There will be some …

Early in the morning it was time to leave the hotel - I am not usually a morning person but when in the Middle East you have to get up early…

Leaving the area around Gallipoli I got to the ferry - to gross the narrow straight at the Dardanelles which separates Europe and Asia. When I…

When you go to Turkey you will find a country with lots and lots of marble - supposedly there is more marble in Turkey than any other country on eart…

During World War I most of the famous battles took place on the western front in France. But one important battle took place far from France - in the…

In the history classes in Denmark you hear about the First World War. When it comes to the battles you are always told about the big battl…

Around the world you will find several mosque with the name Blue Mosque - but possibly the most impressive of all the worlds blue mosque's you will f…

In the centre of Istanbul you will find a mosque which looks a bit different - it is the Aya Sofia Mosque. The reason it looks a bit different is it …

Istanbul is an amazing city. It is no longer the capital of Turkey but it is still by far the biggest city. It also got all the contras and …

In Denmark spring this year meant a lot of rain and mediocre temperatures. Hence I was longing for some warm weather and some sun…