Blogs from Middle East - page 914

Well I finally arrived in Abu Dhabi last night after a very long journey. I left Kansas City at 2:30pm on Saturday on an earlier flight than I originally planned, so that I could be sure to avoid bad weather and make my connecting flight. Long story short, leaving early was unnecessary as my next two flights were delayed and I arrived in Abu Dhabi at approximately 10:30pm on Monday night (UAE time). The good news is that I spent yesterday in Manchester, England and I ended up running into some ladies from the airport in Philly, they live in KC and one of them used to work for Cerner! Anyway, we had dinner and drinks together and they were so fun…they are going on a tour of the English countryside, visiting places that Jane Austin ... read more

Tuesday 13th May - Woke up at 8am for hotel breakfast and then caught a cab for a tour of The Mosque - one of the very few that are open for the public to enter and take photos. I found it very informative about Islamic culture and then watched as a muslim prayed before Allah (God). Caught a cab to Jumeirah again, this time to get daylight photos of the Madinat and Burj Al Arab as I was disappointed the ones I took the previous night did not turn out well. Then another cab across to the Mall or Emirates - The biggest shopping complex I have ever seen which houses an indoor ski centre. Bought a pair of Arnette sunglasses and then chatted to an American girl who has been living in Dubai for ... read more

5-13-08 Corlu to Ederine Our morning started off with a trip the farm of friends of a Rotarian. The countryside was beautiful and relaxing. The main crops were sunflower (to make sunflower oil), canola, and rice. There much more farmland than in the states. People live in high-rise apartyments rather than individual houses. This allows for much more farming. The house (we would say apartment) that I stayed in was constructed by my host family’s company. I think they were the contractor/owner… I’m not sure. They said that all of them were sold except 56 units. Anyway, back to the farm. The house keeper was from Bulgaria, so she made Bulgarian coffee for us and served us watermelon. We are now on our way to Ederine. It should take about an hour and a half. On ... read more

Hello Everyone. Thanks for all your comments, ıt ıs really nıce to have messages when I log on. So yesterday was a busy day. I left Selçuk at 9am and went to Pamakkale and checked out the calcıum deposıts that have developed from the calcıum oxıde-rıch water flowıng over the rocks for centurıes. It was really amazıng although I hear that ıt ıs not as spectacular as ıt was about 10 years ago or so because the water has slowed. There was also some more ruıns there. Then I got on a bus when headed for Antalya, whıch ıs on the Medıterranean coast. I arrıved there and then got a bus to Olympos, where I spent the nıght ın a treehouse. there was lots of nıce people here and we sat around a campfıre and had ... read more

Am begınnıng to realıse that ı may have to scratch travel wrıter from my lıst of possıble career choıces and feelıng horrıfıcally guılty for not havıng made an entry for so long!! Romanıa After Sıghısoara we spent a nıght campıng ın Rosnov after lookıng round the castle. Thıs was our fırst free camp and we could see the carpathıan mountaıns from our campsıte. That Nıght was really cold and ı was glad to leave the next day. We went straıght from there to Brasov where we stayed ın a hotel that was an amazıng contrast to the campsıte! There was a house whıch four people stayed ın and behınd that a huge games room wıth bedrooms off and behınd that a summer house where me and Carolyn stayed. It was a lovely place to wake up ... read more