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Highlights of the Middle East
The Middle East features some of the greatest cultural and religious...
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The Cradle of Civilization
Despite the uncertainities of the Age of Terrorism, the Middle East remains a...
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Israel
Israel presents travellers with an amazing contrast of very, very old,...
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Turkey
As well as possessing one of the world's great cuisines, Turkey is a...
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Khaosan Rd, Thailand
I must here add that this Middle Eastern Sojourn constituted my first ever...
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Golden Palace Bangkok
My stopover in Bangkok was a heady, exotic experience. The smells and...
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Grand Palace
My college buddy Garnet at one place I have visited again since my...
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Introduction to Istanbul
(My friend Garnet outside the Blue Mosque, Istanbul, after a snowfall)...
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Istanbul
So, after two hot and humid days in Bangkok, enjoying the sandalwood...
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Hagia Sophia
Also called the Hagia Sofia, Aya Sophia, Aya Sofia, Sancta Sophia, Holy...
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Grand Bazaar
12/29/92 -- Everyone looked like a spy at the Grand Bazaar with their heavy...
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Eunuch's Gate
12/30/92 -- On this foggy, wintry morning we walked around Sultanahmet (where...
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Istanbul
On the streets of Istanbul, the intersection of Asia and Europe, December 31...
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Belly Dancer
We were staying at the Yucelt Interyouth Hostel, 6/1 Sultanahmet,...
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Belly Dancer #2
The aforementioned belly dancer, at the aforementioned New Years Eve party.
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New Years Eve
The band plays at the youth hostel belly dance New Years Eve party....
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Journey from Istanbul to Bodrum
01/01/93 -- After the hedonistic delights of the New Years Eve party,...
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Bodrum Spiritual Shop
While in Bodrum we stayed with a mellow Raj Yogan guy named Viktor,...
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Viktor's Pad
Viktor and I at his pad, complete with suitably Middle Eastern rugs on the...
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Greek ruins
01/04/93 -- It seemed a shame to leave the gentle pace of Bodrum...
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Cappadochia
01/05/93 -- I didn't get much sleep last night, with my seat at...
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Jerusalem
01/07/93 -- The Turkish adventure had come to an end, and it was time to...
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The Noble Sanctuary
In February 1993, during my Jerusalem stay, I was able to take this...
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Wailing Wall
Jewish people gather before their most sacred shrine, "The Wailing...
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Altar at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in the Old City of Holy Jerusalem.
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Snow Fall
Snow fall in the beautiful 3000-year-old walled city of Jerusalem.
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Golan Heights
Town built in the disputed Golan Heights near the Syrian border, in February...
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Aswan
Aswan, Egypt's sunniest southern city and ancient frontier town located...
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Push Start
A bus being push-started outside a backpacker restaurant in Aswan, Upper Egypt.
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Nubian Wedding Party
01/20/93 -- I slept in, registered my passport with the police, and...
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Nile River
01/21/93 -- Last night I had dust, commotion and strange street...
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Nileside Temple
One of the temples I saw on my felucca trip from Aswan to Luxor, in...
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Edfu Bus Stop
01/23/93 -- After several days cruising the Nile, it was time to...
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Skeptic
01/25/93 -- We arrived in Cairo early today, after a strange train...
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Bead Master
A range of exotic wares for sale in this shop!
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Cairo
The wild, colorful, anarchic streets of Cairo, the Egyptian capital.
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The Sphinx and The Pyramids of Giza
Of course, Cairo's great tourist attraction, the Giza Pyramids and...
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Into Berber Africa --- Siwa Oasis
01/31/93 -- After swanning around Cairo for a week or so, it was time this...
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Oasis
Siwa Oasis, with its mud brick houses and mud ruins, surrounded by a sea of...
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Donkey
The face of rural Egypt -- a donkey at Siwa, Egypt, near the Libyan border.
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