Blogs from Middle East - page 886

Well its the night before the flight to India so we thought we had better add some photos of our stay in Dubai, its been very hot the whole time thank goodness for air conditioning though we know this wont be the case everywhere. The beach was amazing with the water very very warm. The malls and the hotels are out of this world, as are the souks the gold souk was really good though henry didnt enjoy them when i told him i could spend all our trip money there, I was good didn't buy a thing though we did buy 2 new cameras in one of the millions of electrical stores, one underwater one which will be cool for surfing, not that there is any here hahaha poor henry. we have been sledging in ... read more

Got up early today and spent some time talking to the bell hop that works here. Really nice guy Told me about the big earthquake which rocked this region in 99 and that it killed 100,000 people. He seemed to be quite hardened by it and was obviously affected by it somehow. He works here 12hrs/day 6 days per week for 650 Turkish Lira or 500.00 per month. He likes to practice his english with westerners. We had the Sporapi Cup Finals today and Joe placed 84th, Simon was 134th and Dave was 138th. Our purpose was only to prep for the World cup so hopefully we are ready to go and place better. The Germans came in 1st, the Americans were 2nd, and Ukraines were 3rd. Three of us on our team were asked by ... read more

Geo: 41.05, 29.05 GÜN 1 günlerden Cumartesi İnsan çalıştığı yıllarda yaptığı gezilerde ,gezdim sanıyor... Gezmekle görmek arasındaki farkı da ancak emekli olduktan sonra anlıyor.. Ayşe ile çok uzun zamandır planladığımız Avrupa seyahatini yapmağa karar verdik . Bu küçük günce, yaşadıklarımızı ilerde hatırlamak üzere çala kalem ,kaleme alınmıştır. Bundan öte bir iddia taşımamaktadır. İmla hatalarımız için peşinen özür diliyorum ... Bizim gibi emekli olup, içinde seyahat ateşleri yanan kişilere yardımcı olursa ne mutlu bize…. Oturduğumuz yer Çengelköy. Wikipedi diyor ki : Çengelköy. İstanbul'un Üsküdar ilçesi sınırları içinde Boğaziçi'nin Anadolu yakasında Vaniköy ile Beylerbeyi arasında bulunan ve Genelde İstanbul'un yüksek gelirlilerin oturduğu en lüks ... read more

Amman is a very typical Middle Eastern city, at least the Middle East I know. It is very clean, cool and nobody is trying to sell you something all the time like Egypt. I spent a week five days in Amman and although there is not much to do beside visiting the old places and the museum, the city is lovely. ... read more

Hi, Sorry for the radio silence, I am alive and kicking in Turkey! Following an exciting and communist collector item fuelled trip to Sofia (and a trip to the beautiful mosiac filled Rila Monastary), I got the remainder of the Orient Express to Istanbul. Apparently there was drama at the Turkish border at 3am, and lots of American tourists complaining that the border guard had taken their passports and *shock horror* they were out of sight (in the polis station). I missed the whole thing by sleeping with earplugs, waking up with 10 mins to train departure time, sauntering out and getting my visa and stamp while the Americans were running around the platform like headless chickens. They were all traumatised. Poor things. So, the heat of Turkey! Delicious delicious Turkey. Home to Baklava, Turkish delight ... read more