Middle East Travel Stories

On the Road to Petra - Petra, Jordan Danny Hizon thinks t	Jordan....No Map, No Guidebook - Jordan Don Spar

How Can This be Israel? - Israel Sean Oâ€™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 s	The Triplegem Afghan Expedition: Herat Part 3 - Afghanistan Stephen Shucart spends a lazy day in Herat, fumbling with bad Internet connections and other not-so-perfect luck.
The Triplegem Afghan Expedition: Herat Part 2 - Afghanistan Stephen Shucart spends a day in Herat trying to get to the Minaret of Jam... Will he succeed?	The Triplegem Afghan Expedition: Herat Part 1 - Afghanistan 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.
The Triplegem Afghan Expedition VIII - Maimana, Afghanistan Stephen Shucart g	The Triplegem Afghan Expedition VII - Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan Stephen Shucart goes

The Triplegem Afghan Expedition VI - Kabul, Afghanistan Stephen Shucart ch	The Triplegem Afghan Expedition V - Kabul, Afghanistan Stephen Shucart me
The Triplegem Afghan Expedition IV - The Chinese Brothel Scene - Kabul, Afghanistan Stephen Shucart has dim sum with some heavily-armed men at a Chinese brothel in Kabul - conducting business, of course.	The Triplegem Afghan Expedition III - Kabul, Afghanistan Stephen Shucart se
The Triplegem Afghan Expedition II - Kabul, Afghanistan Stephen	West of Kabul - Kabul, Afghanistan Barukh Shalev discovers that Afghanistan is full of acronyms, like W.H.O., U.N., U.S.A.I.D., W.H.O. - a country that had been ripped open and stuffed full of foreign things.
Night Train to Tabriz - Tehran and Tabriz, Iran Sara Nobari reminds travelers that is easy enough to fly places, but sometimes the essential moments in life demand sacrifice.	Afghanistan Part Two: Midnite at the Copacabana - Kabul, Afghanistan Barukh Shalev drinks with the troops in Kabul.

Afghanistan Part One: Every Man A King - Peshawar, Pakistan - Kabul, Afghanistan Barukh Shalev crosses over the border into Afghanistan, going only because it was forbidden and he was afraid.	Shlonik? - Kuwait City, Kuwait Michael Cornn lives in Kuwait, and studies Arabic. HE don't take formal language lessons in a classroom - he takes informal lessons at the barber shop.