middle east
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VISITING PETRA IN JORDAN
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I left Kuwait early this morning and got another bargain flight with Jazeera Airways, again don’t know how many times I can stress the importance of being flexible and patient. It’s always beneficial to search around in order to get amazing last minute deals. We are now about half way to Petra, we, I mean…
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FIRST TIME IN SAUDI ARABIA
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The past 24 hours have been chaotic for a number of reasons. We arrived in Riyadh yesterday evening and met our driver right at the arrivals exit. We spent a few days in Muscat, in Oman, and we then spent a couple of hours in Dubai International Airport, where we shopped around, ate a lot,…
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STUCK AT BAHRAIN AIRPORT
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summer 2017 “Are you coming to Bahrain as a tourist? “Yes, I want to do some sightseeing over the next few days.” He flicks through my passport like Inspector Gadget. He notices the Iranian visa and gawks closely as if he had just solved a puzzle. “What exactly where you doing in Iran?” “I went…
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FAILED TURKMENISTAN ATTEMPT
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JULY 2017 I always wanted to go to Turkmenistan! Those that I had been fortunate enough to meet on the road used to talk about how controlled the country really is. I had watched some documentaries online and the more I watched, the more I wanted to go and the more I wanted to explore….
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MY 1ST MUSLIM WEDDING
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JULY 2017 I love the Middle East. It’s one of my favorite parts of the world, not just for the amazing architecture, modern cities, amazing mosques, and delicious food, mostly down to the kind Arab hospitality, like no other anywhere else in the world . I first visited Dubai in 2014, and luckily I’ve been…