Category Archives: Middle East Travel

Jordan 2011 Pt V: The Red Sea

Posted on July 16, 2011 by tokyofox

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 tokyofox

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 tokyofox

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 tokyofox

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 tokyofox

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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Dining Out: Zakuro

Posted on April 7, 2011 by tokyofox

A couple of Sunday’s ago I went to ‘Zakuro’ which is a Persian restaurant in Nippori. My friend Peter found this place online and thought it might be interesting for a night out……and it was……although we probably won’t be rushing … Continue reading →

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