Middle East
| On the way to Iran, John M. Edwards wonders if they play Uncle Wiggly in Tehran. | BootsnAll, the website for independent travelers, announces its Top 10 Destinations for 2008. |
| Brandon Wilson gives us chapter one of his Along The Templar Trail, due out in January, 2008. | An Education on Life and Culture in Kurdistan, Iraq - Middle East Eager to see a different side of Iraq, Brian Yamamura receives a positive education from Kurdish university students. |
| Jennifer Green realizes there's much more to Israel that the images we see on the nightly news. | Jordan: The Switzerland of the Middle East - Jordan, Middle East Jordan has no oil and is officially a “water poor” nation. But it has one valuable resource in a troubled area - not easy to export, people flock to get it. Andrea Granahan wishes it could be bottled and savored like fine wine. |
| Shawn Venable arrived at Tel-Aviv airport, 3.5 hours early - security was tight and he was flying standby. He made his way to the counter, handed over his passport - and received the shock of his life. | Madain Saleh: Arabia's Hidden Treasure - Madain Saleh, Saudi Arabia There is truth in the saying "a picture paints a thousand words". But words and photographs cannot convey fully the beauty and essence of a place. Danny V. Hizon found this to be true when he visited Madain Saleh in the northwestern part of Saudi Arabia. |
He Sings About His Gun - Rijal Alma, Saudi Arabia, Middle East Mohammed greeted Matt Scott and the party of tourists who had come to see a way of life - a way of life that was diminishing - proud and fierce. | Danny Hizon thinks that you can't say you've been to Jordan if you don't see Petra - so he makes sure to spend a day there. |
| Don Sparks arrives in Jordan without and map and without a guidebook. Is he up for the challenge? | Sean O’Reilly thinks the constant broadcasting of violence from the West Bank into American homes has rendered the Israel of imagination a frightening place somewhere between Watts in the nineteen sixties and Black Hawk Down in the early nineties. |
Dubai Holiday Apartments Rental - Dubai, United Arab Emirates Allessadro Dubaldo offers good tips on how to select a holiday apartment in Dubai - one of the world's premier tourist destinations. | Stephen Shucart spends a lazy day in Herat, fumbling with bad Internet connections and other not-so-perfect luck. |
| Stephen Shucart spends a day in Herat trying to get to the Minaret of Jam... Will he succeed? | Stephen Shucart spends his first day in Herat and shares the mantra that could save your life! |
The Triplegem Afghan Expedition: Road to Herat Part 3 - Afghanistan Stephen Shucart completes his journey to Herat with an early-morning wake-up call and a 17-hour drive... | The Triplegem Afghan Expedition: Road to Herat Part 2 - Afghanistan Stephen Shucart begins his two-day journey to Herat early and spends 15 hours on "one of the most hellish rides on the planet." Sounds fun. |
| Stephen Shucart goes back in time en route from Mazar-i-Sharif to Maimana in Northern Afghanistan, seeing nomads and camel caravans along the way. | The Triplegem Afghan Expedition VII - Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan Stephen Shucart goes bead shopping in Mazar-i-Sharif and decides not to proposition the gorgeous British ISAF soldier with an automatic rifle slung from her shoulder. |
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