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This Trip will see me re visit Italy. Its almost been a year to date since i returned home, and im off agian! This time the plan is for 6 months.
It really wasn’t my fault. The opportunity arised to go on a family holiday to Italy. Though i didn’t see the point in going all the way to Europe and then returning home. And after last years holiday im dying to see more of the Middle East!

So Italy will be done at a slower pace, as im playing chaperon to my Grandmother, Mother and Aunty! After that I think I might need I holiday? So i plan to travel around the middle east before setting up base and learning Arabic in Beirut! ‘Plan’ being the operative word!

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By Nathan1986
November 13th 2009

" Hi! Kifec, Cava ? " Middle East » Lebanon » Beirut

Islam & Christianity
Im trying to take different photos of downtown this year, you can just scroll down on the Beirut page of travelblog.org and find my last years blog of Lebanon..

Hi, Kefec, cava was one of the first things i heard when i came off the plane from Ciaro... its a great reflection of what life in Beirut is like, a major mixture of colonial french , with a western influence ontop of a strong middle eastern culture. Ive been in Lebanon for over two weeks now, no i wasn't kidnapped by Hezbollah, ive just been... 'busy'... I still cant believe im in the middle east, for the first week here that's all i was saying, "WHOA..." even though ive been here before, its like i am now seeing Lebanon in [View Full Entry]

By Nathan1986
October 26th 2009

Iskandariyya !!! Africa » Egypt » Mediterranean » Alexandria

Alexandria by night
is alot nicer at night time

Iskandariyya is how you pronounce it in Arabic!! Has a nice ring!! The bus ride here was un eventful. I was conned into drinking what i thought was complementary tea offered by the bus personal. Before i was about to get off i was informed i had to pay the equivalent of the 3 hour bus trip for tea and some packaged croissants ! So much for hospitality! (what am i complaining about it was only 4 dollars!) It took me a while to find suitable accommodation in Alexandria (cheap and clean, ha, wishful thinking) I didnt have anything pre booked, [View Full Entry]

By Nathan1986
October 23rd 2009

Cairo is NUTS Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt » Cairo

Cairo Meuseum
Its the same colour as my house!

CAIRO IS NUTS! Was my first thought when i stepped out from my hostel the next morning! I hadn't even crossed the road yet, wasn't even 10m from the doorstep of my hostel when i was approached by multiple Ali Baba's (ill refer to the touts and annoyee's with the name Ali Baba. Throughout my travels within the middle east, everyone i spoke to who i mentioned i was going to Cairo warned me to be careful of Ali Baba! "Ze people in Cairo are ALL Ali Baba") Sorry for the generalisation, im sure it isnt a representation of greater Cairo [View Full Entry]

By Nathan1986
October 20th 2009

Delights to Frights from Aqaba Middle East » Jordan » South » Aqaba

Aqaba

I got a lift out of Wadi Rum camp site by the lovely German couple who were been driving around Jordan with a hire car, they where also headed to Aqaba and offered to give me a lift into town! (YES FREE RIDE!) Once in Aqaba i must admit i became a quasi backpacker, and checked into a "mid range hotel" that had the luxury of a double bed, air-conditioning, breakfast, my own toilet and wait for it... a TELEVISION! YES it even had a satellite movie channel and was picking up Israeli stations from the other side of the strait! [View Full Entry]

By Nathan1986
October 19th 2009

My night in the Desert Middle East » Jordan » South » Wadi Rum

Photo 1

I dont know whats happening to me! Im sleeping in desert camps? not showering for 2 days. No towel? Thats okay, ill use my dirty t shirts. Is this shirt dirty? Wait let me do a smell test... MMM... still good! I dont even care if i dont bursh my teeth, gum will do! This is the holiday me. I turn into some backpacker bogan... well... quasi backpacker, the real deal would have been to sleep under the stars and not in a tent, thats a bit too native for me though considering the temperature plumates in the evening. I left [View Full Entry]

By Nathan1986
October 17th 2009

Call me Haysum Middle East » Jordan » South » Petra

Walking threw the Siq

I left Amman in the afternoon as i considered the day travelling to Petra a dead day. I left after lunch and just rocked up to the bus station as it now seems a task finding out what time buses leave. The taxi driver was kind enough to drive me into the station and drop me off at the exact terminal for my bus. This was a nice gesture as he could have left me at the front to walk through all the touts who hassle you into a cab. Though it didnt take long for touts to spot me. They [View Full Entry]

By Nathan1986
October 13th 2009

Amazing Amman Middle East » Jordan » North » Amman

Roman Theatre

Well im glad i didn't hop in the taxi to Beirut! "Welcome to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan!" Says King Abdullah II and his Palestinian Queen Rania as you cross the border! Of course not in real life but on big massive propaganda posters! The king really is amazing! He can do anything! Everyone loves him here! There are so many photos of him and his family plastered around Amman! Its really fascinating to observe ! AND Amman is Amazing! The city itself has a much more relaxed vibe to it. Its not so bustling, once away from the main strips [View Full Entry]

By Nathan1986
October 11th 2009

Road to Damascus Middle East » Syria » South » Damascus

Umayyad Mosque

Hmmm... bit lost for words, maybe because its before dinner time and i know i shouldnt blog before dinner as all im thinking about is shish towuk and garlic and fatoush.... YYYUUUMMMM I hate to say it, but Damascus didn't impress me all that much. I dont know where these travellers get the idea that Syrians are so welcoming and that Syria is a fantastic place to visit. Perhaps its luck of the pot and who you met and what mood your in (i think i was extremely tired in Syria, must have been the walks in Palmyra) But Damascus was [View Full Entry]

By Nathan1986
October 9th 2009

"What time is the bus?...How much?" Middle East » Syria » East » Palmyra

The Ruins

"What time is the bus?...How much?" is pretty much what my life revolves around right now. I was thinking today as i was walking through the desert, i have no clue whats being going on in the outside world! All i care about is .... my next bus trip, what time the bus is coming, where im going to eat, what am i going to eat, do i have enough water for the day ahead, maybe i should buy some more fruit!...Travelling is really a self centered lifestyle ! I LOVE IT! AHAH! Palmyra was in ancient times an important city [View Full Entry]

By Nathan1986
October 7th 2009

My first border crossing Middle East » Syria » North » Aleppo

One night in Antkaya

Ive crossed borders before in Europe on trains where the customs officers come on the train and check passports and then go. But i have never physically left one country and crossed the boarder on land to another. For the first time in doing this, i picked the Turkish / Syrian Boarder. Without a pre organised visa. I thought i would be in for a long day. Ive heard reports of people not getting the visa, or being interrogated, or the process taking hours! Yet, I left Antakaya at 9am and arrived in Allepo by 12pm! AMAZING! There was no one [View Full Entry]

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