Blogs from Middle East - page 1034

WOw...the heat today was quite brutal...about 46..but with the humidity...way more! I found out that there really isn't much to do in Dubai except eat and shop!...shop ...shop ...and shop! The amount of money in this place kills me...all made from oil...gas is like 60 cents a litre..from what we figured out....a/c is everywhere..the energy consumption here is enough for for all of Canada! They idle their cars, don't recycle, and waste like there is no tmrw! The amount of Gold is alos ludicrous! Muslim law reigns...but not for foreingers...things learned...how hands are chopped off...heads are chopped off..there is really no crime here...sheiks are a dime a dozen and that's because there are so many little kings marrying so many women. Malls here are the place to be..spending is a national passtime...women dress to the ... read more

Day 3: That night we could hardly sleep in some dormitories (by the way, in Turkey girls and boys don't share the dormitory, they are 2 separate buildings, sometimes in different areas of a city), for 2 hours (personally, I only took a bath and got ready to leave). We had to start our journey to Mount Nemrut at 1.30 am, because of the long distance problem. We arrived there at about 4 am and started to climb about 1 km of rocks, on a blistering cold, a tough wind and mini-darkness. Time seemds to pass so slow and I felt like going around without being up. In the end, at about 4.30 am we were there...sweating, freezing, tired, but full of relief...hehehe....I surely need some exercice. When the sun appeared, the spectacular view opened ... read more

Hello again...It's morning here and I did manage to sleep some..My internal clock is so messed up so I got up at 6 a.m. only to awake to a house of sleepers..so what better to do? Yoga! getting used to doing it in the heat, and very well needed as my back is quite messed up from travelling for so long. Today we are going to those insane malls we all hear about..and tyring to get into the 7 star hotel..however, I heard it was 200bucks just to get in to see? Rumour or truth..who knows? This morning we actually called the local hotel to bring us our breakfast..yummy masala dosa! Mmmmm...it was soo cheap..actually the shopping here is quite cheap..pashmena's everywhere..silk things all around..I only wish I could buy something but dont'want to carry it ... read more

Geo: 39.9439, 32.856I'm hoping to get the kids to write a little every day and then I will give them their own blog entries. Mostly, I will be true to the original wording and may even leave in some of the more creative spelling. As Josh likes to quote, "It's a darn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word!"Josh: We woke up at about 12:00pm. We all went on a walk and mom bought five simit--they're like bagels. Then bought some drinks. Went to a park. I bought some sunglasses (I haggled with the seller!). We went back to the hotel room, got our hats and went on the metro. When we came out we went to the maesuleom then got dinner (I star in some pictures). There was some ... read more

So...I'm back..all in all...I got my flight changed..we got on the plane ready to leave...and yet another ac glitch...they sent the new plane...minus any food!!!!!!!!!!!!! or dinks!! They forgot...oooooppss...2 days of hungy pasangers..i was totally fine cuz that 7 dollars for food was awesome! can you hear the cynicism....Anways...to make a very long story short...all I cared about was getting to my fina destination.....we said goodbye at Heathrow to our 856 family....we all seriously became really close....as expected, any flight for the middle east were high alert and delayed..at least I had luggage...I think??? they kept mine on, but my Indian family was told to go through customs again and take it all off again! ugh!!!!!!!!!!!! Emriates air..highly recommed! Finally on...oh wait...it couldn't finish here....taxiied off...almost took off....oh..wait gotta go back to the gate..... read more