Cairo to Istanbul in a G-string
Christine Michaud is flying to Cairo to begin a two-month solo overland journey through Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Syria, Lebanon and Turkey. She's kept her itinerary pretty flexible to accommodate the unexpected, like getting arrested for spitting in the face of sleazy Egyptians or falling in love with her hamman masseur. In her own words:
"I'm looking forward to experiencing again the amazing Middle Eastern hospitality, getting an overdose of yummy Lebanese cuisine and having a chance to brush up my rusty colloquial Levantine Arabic. I'll pray diligently every night to Yahve, Jesus and Allah so that my gut may behave and dysentery find another victim (it got me badly enough in Morocco)."
You might begin this travelogue by reading The G-string Story and then follow Christine's adventures via the links below.
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June 5th: Allah have Mercy!
Christine found Turkey too touristy, too organised, too clean and too European, until she got stuck in an Anatolian Mosque at prayer time and had to bow to Allah.
Catch Up On The Journey
May 21st: The Chicken Theory
How come all Lebanese girls have big breasts? Could it be that a steady diet of Lebanese chicken is a viable alternative to breast implants?
May 6th: Scrub Me, Baby!
One of the highlights of Damascus was to visit a Turkish bath. Christine gets a treatment she's not likely to forget...
April 25th: Verbal Warfare in the Holy Land
The only hostilities Christine was exposed to were the verbal abuse of the vendors/guides/touts of old Jerusalem's Islamic quarter.
April 20th: Passport Please!
After a week of sickness, Christine has to pass up Dahab and heads to familiar faces in Amman, Jordan.
April 13th: Siwa Oasis
Travelling, especially by yourself, is all about the people you meet along the way. The Siwa oasis made more memorable by company than scenery.
April 6th: 100 camels and 2 kilos of bananas: you marry me?
Marriage proposals, rip-off taxi drivers and body waxing, Bedouin-style. Ah Cairo!
