A Youth Trip to Israel
Jon Brandt visits Israel with Taglit-Birthright, visiting Jaffa, Caesarea, Masada, and, of course, Jerusalem, a holy site for Jews, Christians and Moslems.
Jon Brandt visits Israel with Taglit-Birthright, visiting Jaffa, Caesarea, Masada, and, of course, Jerusalem, a holy site for Jews, Christians and Moslems.
Pastries, Coffee, and Dinner in Turkey By Erin Phelan We sip coffee and take in the Cappadocian morning. Soft hues light up the sky, the dew on the grass smells sweet, and there is an undeniable excitement afoot, likely because we’re about to have an aerial look at this bizarre,…
Petra in Jordan where natural rock formations and historic temples join to create one of the most amazing historical-geological marvels in the world.
The Beauty that Was Syria Before the Terrible Civil War By Annika Dash [Editor’s Note: This story was published 10 years before the current civil war in Syria, that has reduced once-beautiful Aleppo to ruins.] A walk through the souqs (bazaars) in Aleppo will make you feel as if you…
David Rich makes a visit to museums and historic sites of Egypt including the Western Oases, the temple at Karnak, and includes his usual fantastic photographs.
Jordan: Travel writer Kent E. St. John describes camping with bedouins in a wadi in Jordan. Experience camping unlike anything before!
Witness the Jaw-Dropping Scenery Tunisia Has to Off, First Hand. By David Rich Parts of Tunisia out-Greeks Greece and out-Romes Italy, white-washed houses trimmed in blue, cascading down to the translucent Mediterranean at Sidi Bou, practically a suburb of Tunis. Meanwhile the world’s best-preserved Roman ruins and mosaics pepper the…
By Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey Where? Protruding from the Saudi Arabian peninsula like a thumb, the emirate of Qatar is small — 4,416 square miles (11,437 sq. km) — and nearly totally surrounded by the turquoise waters of the Arabian Gulf. The country is flat with some rocky outcrops up to 130…
A guide and information for travelers to Cyprus, including LImassol and Pafos.
Kent St. John explores Jerash and the Dead Sea and other fascinating sites in Jordan including the ruins in Jerash and the capital, Amman.
By Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey Where Stretched along the southern coast of the Saudi Arabian Peninsula, Oman covers an area of 120,000 square miles (309,500 sq km), with a coastline of 1,000 miles (1,700 km) reaching from the Arabian Gulf past the Gulf of Oman to the Strait of Hormuz. Oman has…
A Luxorian Celebration By Jason Gaskell “Your name is Oh-ma?” I asked, not quite catching the pronunciation. “No, Omar, you know, like Omar Sharif?” “Ah, Omar! You were great in Doctor Zhivago” I had been told that humour goes a long way in Egypt. The horse and cart driver seemed…