Blogs from Middle East - page 929

Had a fantastic couple of days in Dubai, visited many places, the skidubai centre rocked - kind of trippy that it's in the middle of a shopping mall!!! checked out the rest of the City - everything is on the largest scale you can imagine, an amazing place, I could and now have the option to live there, being able to Dive or Ski any day of the year is quite appealing!!! did a dunes safari which took me close the the Dubai Oman Boarder, had a fantastic time around the Dunes, quite entertaining - had to tow the other truck out a few times - I don't think the other driver had done any 4 wheel driving in Sand ever before!!! (he stuff the power steering - so had to head to the Garage halfway ... read more

After breakfast we took a cab to the Citadel. A very interesting old structure in the center of the city. We then made our way to the city’s bazaar. This place goes on and on. One after the other covered streets filled with vendors selling anything and everything you can imagine. There are little to no tourist here, mostly the locals doing their shopping. We took some pictures, haggled with the vendors and walked away with a few things to bring home with us. In the afternoon we drove to see some ruins in a little town of Afarmia (Qal 'at al Madiq). This place was had to find and very remote, but well worth it. It was late in the day and the low light was amazing on these very impressive ruins. We also met ... read more

Well this was a very exciting trip yet again! We were so looking forward to this and now that we have come back we can honestly say we experienced no disappointement whatsoever, but fully enjoyed ourselves. We're bringing up "disappointment" here due to all those stories we've been told about Turkey, therefore we expected a bit of surprises, however as already mentioned, this was not the case. istanbul is a wonderful destination indeed. Things we got to do and places we saw, were unbelieveably stunning and we still can't come to terms with the end of this amazing experience! "The name Constantinopole, or Istanbul, stirs visions of Ottoman sultans, harems and palaces", which did take our breaths away! Apart from its historic wonders, Istanbul presents with a surprising urban view. It is then "an eminently sophisticated ... read more

Some Photos of things I've seen.... read more

When we got on the bus, we realized that we had forgotten to stock up on food and water for the journey. We knew we would get water on the bus, and a little bit of food, but probably not enough to sustain us for the whole trip. After the first time they handed out water and snacks, we both tried to get some rest. Around 2:00, we pulled into a rest station where we could go to the bathroom and buy food. We both took advantage of the bathroom (and thank god I didn’t have to pay at this one), and debated whether or not we had time to buy food. Mikkel didn’t think so, so we went back to the bus. When we got on, we realized that there were still a lot ... read more