Monthly Archives: July 2011

Turkey 2011 Pt II: Istanbul Day 1

Posted on July 29, 2011 by

I’ve had some early morning and late night flights in my time but 3.15am flight from Amman (Jordan) to Istanbul was something new. It might have saved me on a nights accommodation but it meant I was tired most of … Continue reading →

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Turkey 2011 Pt I: Money Problems

Posted on July 26, 2011 by

My research on Turkey ahead of my two night stay in Istanbul was obviously very insufficient as I didn’t even know I needed a visa. That set me back 40TL from my Turkish money which I’d already had to dip … Continue reading →

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Jordan 2011 Pt VIII: Desert Castles

Posted on July 23, 2011 by

Having basically done bugger all since returning from The Dead Sea a day and a half before I thought I should do something on my final day. I’d wanted to do a Desert Castle trip with the hostel but I’d … Continue reading →

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Jordan 2011 Pt VII: Amman

Posted on July 21, 2011 by

The huge, busy capital city of Amman was pretty much my base for the majority of my trip. I spent five nights there at Mansour Hotel; a dirt-cheap and erm dirty hostel which seemingly caters mostly for Japanese travellers On … Continue reading →

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Jordan 2011 Pt VI: The Dead Sea

Posted on July 18, 2011 by

I hadn’t actually thought too much about the Dead Sea and even considered maybe not even going there at one point but when a couple of Japanese guys (Kimi and Tatsuo) from the hostel in Amman said that they were going … Continue reading →

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Jordan 2011 Pt V: The Red Sea

Posted on July 16, 2011 by

One often has to put his or her life in the hands of others when travelling in certain countries and thats exactly what I had to do on my return from Wadi Rum. En-route back to Petra I was basically … Continue reading →

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Jordan 2011 Pt IV: Wadi Rum

Posted on July 13, 2011 by

Before the trip one of the things I was most excited about was not Petra; nor the Dead Sea but the desert at Wadi Rum where I wanted to live like the nomadic Bedouin tribes have for thousands of years. … Continue reading →

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Jordan 2011 Pt III: Petra

Posted on July 10, 2011 by

The thing with Petra is that you only ever see the one picture of it (Al-Khazneh a.k.a. the Treasury) so I just thought that that was the culmination of a short-ish walk through a siq. However it actually takes one about 30 minutes … Continue reading →

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Jordan 2011 Pt II: Jerash

Posted on July 7, 2011 by

Youve gotta feel sorry for Jordan; a beautiful country (on the whole) with some truly remarkable places but as its surrounded by such news-prevalent countries like Syria, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia it probably gets less visitors than it … Continue reading →

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Jordan 2011 Pt I: Prelude

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

People often ask me how I choose my destinations and the boring answer is that there really is no methodology to it. I have been interested in visiting the Middle-East for a while now which has been heightened by the … Continue reading →

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