Blogs from Middle East - page 983

The rugged, brown scenery streaked past my window at an alarming rate. Each bend in the road was accompanied by a slight squealing as the tires struggled to keep their tenuous hold on the asphalt. We charged up a slight incline in the road and then, right when we reached the crest, I got a strange sensation like we were flying. It only lasted for a split second before the screech of the tires and a jarring thud confirmed that we had been airborne. I looked up to the driver in the front seat, his gloved hands tightly gripping the steering wheel, and saw a broad smile on his face – He was still in control. My travel companion turned around from the front passenger seat. He had an equally broad smile that I knew mirrored ... read more

Jordanien, ein Land zwischen Orient und Okzident. Ein Land, das vielseitiger kaum sein kann. Mit seinem toten und roten Meer, seinen Wuesten, seinen vielen kulturiellen Staetten - davon Petra, einem der "New Seven Wonders of the World" - , seinem Spagatt zwischen Moderne und Tradition, seinem wunderbaren Koenig und der wunderschoenen Koenigin Noora. Der Flug nach Amman ging relativ schnell vorbei, rund 4 Stunden. Ich bin im Moment laengere Zeiten gewohnt :) In Jordanien ist man ohne Mietwagen aufgeschmissen. Das Anmieten am Flughafen war kein Problem. 25Dinar pro Tag (ca. 25 Euro) fuer einen Mitsubishi Galant ist fair. Die Fahrt nach Amman dauert ca. 40 Minuten. Ich bin spaet abends angekommen, habe schnell noch was gegessen und bin dann zu meinem Onkel nach Salt ca. 20 km westlich von Amman, sehr Nahe an der israelischen Grenze. ... read more

Rob went to breakfast whilst I laid in. When he got back we packed our bags which took a while because we were surprisingly spread out considering how few things we have. We stopped at a shop owned by a friend of Jimmy's. After we bought some postcards we chatted to her for a while about traveling. I told her how I'd love to go to Iran and she listed a load of other places to go instead, all of which we had already been. Once listing all these places to visit she told us we should just go home. We both felt rather well traveled. Until last night we had believed that we have visited St John's basilica in Sirince, but an Aussie staying at Urkmez told us that the basilica ruins were actually in ... read more

So, we're still waiting to hear when Peter's interview is. Hopefully it's going to be on Tuesday afternoon and we're both fairly sure that it'll just be the one interview as he's going to be seeing Abdul-Haq as he's over from Bahrain. Normally, I think it would have been that Peter would have been interviewed by MAL and maybe AWC and then had a vidcon with the Bahrain office, but as AHM is here... I still have ups and downs about going. It will be such a wonderful experience and opportunity if we are able to go but leaving family and friends behind is going to be incredibly hard - I get upset if I even think about saying goodbye to Mummy and Daddy.... read more

Well we woke this morning with the primary intent of phoning the Fenerbahce ticket line to try and book tickets. Jimmy did try but they told him we would have to buy tickets from a club shop somewhere. Jimmy suggested going to Izmir for the day and buying tickets from the club shop there. However, Rob was intent on experiencing Turkish beach and so after some recommendations by Jimmy, we made our way to Millie national park. It took two buses and a considerable amount of time to get there. We were both expecting it to be a lot nearer and a lot easier to get to. We paid our 3ytl each to get in and got off the dolmus slightly worried that the time and expense of getting there would not be worthwhile. We reached ... read more