Blogs from Middle East - page 1006

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We have been in Turkey for just under a week, and I feel that I need to give my first reporting. As I type this, I currently am sitting outside at a Starbucks, across from a TGI Friday's, and around the corner from an Apple Store. It's hard for some to imagine how western it is here, but I think that's what makes it so intriguing. Our hotel is across the street from a very large mall complete with its own Starbucks, Burger King, KFC, as well as many other familiar stores. We arrived via frankfurt at around 5 PM on Wednesday. We were bussed to our Hotel were we immediately crashed into bed. The next morning we hit the ground running with visits to Topkapi Palace, a palce once ruled by the Sultans who occupied ... read more

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We left Bozcaada on a nıght ferry arrıvıng back on the maınland at 8:30 pm ıntendıng to catch an overnıght bus to Selçhuk, our next port of call... We boarded the bus fıne that nıght ıntendıng to wake ın a new cıty refreshed and ready to take ın the wonderful ancıent ruıns at Ephesus. We dıd wake releatıvely refreshed next mornıng, but unfortunately the bus company had mısınterpreted our travel plans, and we awoke ın Dıdım, over an hour away from Selçhuk!! We probably would have realısed we were goıng wrong earlıer but ın the darkness we couldn't see the road sıgns... Fırst lesson: Read the bus tıcket better! A couple of mınıbuses later we arrıved ın Selçhuk, but about three hours after we were supposed to arrıve.... read more

Eccomi a Bam, la citta' devastata da un tremendo terremoto alla fine del 2003 ed ormai fuori dai maggiori itinerari turistici, rimasta comunque tappa obbligata per chi viaggia verso il Pakistan. Qui tutto e' ancora un immenso cantiere a cielo aperto ma cio' che non si e' mai interrotta e' la produzione dei pregiatissimi datteri locali che pendono in grossi grappoli di svariati chili dalle onnipresenti palme che contribuiscono a creare una grossa macchia di verde in mezzo al deserto. Simbolo della citta', e monumento tra i piu' conosciuti dell'Iran, e' L'Arg, la vecchia citta' fortificata circondata da mura, che e' stata anch'essa gravemente danneggiata: camminando al suo interno sembra di ritrovarsi nel giorno seguente il terremoto, infatti la devastazione e' quasi totale e i cumuli di macerie ricoprono ogni angolo; cio' che... read more