Trip: Middle East '24
There are [16] stories from my trip: Middle East '24
THAILAND | Tuesday, 5 Nov 2024 | Views [49]

Chiang Mai is truly one of my happy places; it's easily up there with Norfolk Island and Queenstown among places where I love and feel so happy and comfortable. After a tough slog in Southern Africa or gallivanting the Middle East, Chiang Mai, with its ... Read more >
OMAN | Saturday, 2 Nov 2024 | Photo Gallery
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KUWAIT | Thursday, 31 Oct 2024 | Views [64]

If something scary is gonna happen, it's bound to happen on Halloween, eh? What happened this evening had nothing to do with ghosts, goblins, or vampires, and I didn't dress up. It's rare that I have truly scary moments whilst travelling; being robbed ... Read more >
BAHRAIN | Tuesday, 29 Oct 2024 | Photo Gallery
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BAHRAIN | Tuesday, 29 Oct 2024 | Views [14]

Get it? Bah-Rain! There are no sheep and no storms here. It's perhaps the only country with "rain" in its name yet there's very little rain in this tiny oil-rich Gulf country. Most of these countries seem like they have more oil than water. For the past ... Read more >
SAUDI ARABIA | Monday, 28 Oct 2024 | Photo Gallery
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SAUDI ARABIA | Saturday, 26 Oct 2024 | Photo Gallery
At a mile above sea level, it rains and can be chilly. An antithesis of Saudi Arabia
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SAUDI ARABIA | Wednesday, 23 Oct 2024 | Photo Gallery
One of the Two Holy Mosques
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SAUDI ARABIA | Tuesday, 22 Oct 2024 | Views [297]

Jordan has Petra, Croatia has Dubrovnik, and Japan has Kyoto. In its fledging tourism industry, Saudi Arabia has Al-Ula (sometimes spelt AlUla, which is the spelling I prefer because that makes it a perfect palindrome), which is the gateway to Mada'in ... Read more >
SAUDI ARABIA | Monday, 21 Oct 2024 | Photo Gallery
Home of the Nabatean civilisation
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SAUDI ARABIA | Thursday, 17 Oct 2024 | Photo Gallery
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SAUDI ARABIA | Tuesday, 15 Oct 2024 | Views [66]

Riyadh may be the only city in the world where I can't simply rely on a combination of public transport, a bicycle, and my own two feet. The capital of the Kingdom (KSA) sprawls for many kilometres across the desert and is a car-oriented city. This morning ... Read more >
SAUDI ARABIA | Monday, 14 Oct 2024 | Views [92]

My trip to Iran, which I'd been looking forward to for most of the year, was cancelled only the night before leaving! I even checked in online for my flight only to receive a message telling me that my flight to Tehran with Kuwait Airways had been cancelled.... Read more >
SAUDI ARABIA | Sunday, 13 Oct 2024 | Photo Gallery
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KUWAIT | Thursday, 10 Oct 2024 | Views [133]

Numerous travellers before me have described Kuwait as being about the most boring place they've ever travelled to. Would it be? I just had to find out for myself. Only yesterday did my planned CouchSurfing host, Mohammed, cancel on me due to a family ... Read more >
KUWAIT | Wednesday, 9 Oct 2024 | Photo Gallery
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