Blogs from Middle East - page 888

Being interested in food makes traveling even more exciting. Not only do İ like to see different types of foods and learn new ways of preparing familiar ingredients, but İ also enjoy photographıng food. In fact İ photograph nearly every meal İ eat. İ especially love photos of street food, markets and vendors. We in the overdeveloped nations miss out on alot of good fun street food, nothing wrong wıth a nice snack from a cart down on the corner. I also like pictures of pictures of food, please enjoy my food section and don,t worry because i will be taking more pictures of food very soon. ... read more

A photo essay of an incredible ancient city.... read more

WEDNESDAY 25th June. We are now back to Civilisation where the computers work; there are no frequent power cuts; the air conditioning works; the hot water is actually hot - and the plug in the bath keeps the water in!; the booze is free - well for 2 hours of the day, so it's a matter of drinking very quickly!; and the pool is great. Mind you it's only 45+C out there but I brought a vest with me! Now I have good Internet access, and I'm chilling out after being up at 12,000' for 6 days , I can depress all you guys I thought that I would put on all my photos with attendant suitable coarse captions, and then over the next 2 days complete my notes on the last 8-9 days in Northern ... read more

Cappadocia is a high desert region of central Turkey. It is famous for its astounding landscapes which are decorated with peculiar rock formations. It is an otherworldly place with the strange shapes of the rock towers and pillars rising against the clear desert sky. Canyons of eroded red rock, the valley floor green with scrub, vegetable plots and trees such as olive, walnut, apricot and mulberry can be hiked through easily. The vegetation is sparse enough that losing the trail doesn't cause panic stations. The remains of cave dwellings make the walking even more exciting. For centuries, even millenia, people have carved homes into the soft cappadocian rock, utilising and expanding upon existing cavities and creating homes of many rooms and churches of great beauty. Cappadocia was a place of refuge for early Christians for centuries, ... read more

The only way to see Wadi-Rum is with a guide. We book a 4x4 tour from the hostel in Petra but unfortunately it seemed like nobody else was going so we had to pay a slightly higher 45 JD per person for a private car. When we got to Wadi Rum however the guide had a Japanese couple that was to be in our group, but since they couldn’t refund us any money we decided to demand a private car anyways. We justified it by thinking that we would want to hike around and take our time all day at the sites before reaching the overnight Bedouin camp. It tuns out we have to wait for the couple and vice versa as the drivers decided to be best buddies anyways so Japanese Couple is with us ... read more