JORDAN | Sunday, 9 Nov 2008 | Views [682] | Comments [2]
after we left petra on the morning of the 8th, we headed towards the dead sea, stopping at kerak castle on the way. kerak castle was known at one point as the "walled city of moab" and thus learned that moab is not a native american word, but ... Read more >
JORDAN | Sunday, 9 Nov 2008 | Views [766] | Comments [1]
well, i'm able to check off another thing on my list of places to go. we left wadi rum on the morning of the 6th for petra. before arriving in the village, we stopped at a fruit stand for some last minute snacks and bought Washington apples. yes they ... Read more >
JORDAN | Sunday, 9 Nov 2008 | Views [518]
we headed out of aqaba on the morning of the 5th to reach wadi rum, a desert just north of the coast. on our way we could see across the jordan-israel border again to the town of elat. it is so strange to be seeing all these places you hear about in ... Read more >
EGYPT | Wednesday, 5 Nov 2008 | Views [931]
after visiting st. katherine's monastery, we drove 2.5 hours to nuweiba on the coast of the gulf of aqaba, which is a finger of the red sea between egypt and saudi arabia. decending down into nuweiba we had our first glimpses of the mountains of saudi ... Read more >
EGYPT | Wednesday, 5 Nov 2008 | Views [660]
we left cairo on the 2nd for the sinai peninsula, but i thought it was worth mentioning our dinner in cairo on the 1st (happy birthday dad!). we decided we had to try pigeon, an egyptian favorite, before we left cairo so we headed to the islamic quarter ... Read more >
EGYPT | Monday, 27 Oct 2008 | Views [660] | Comments [4]
we caught our train to aswan last night at about 9:30. mon and i shared a cabin which was actually pretty nice- our own sink and two beds, one of which turned into seats for when we werent sleeping. after about 5 mins on the train the attendant came ... Read more >
EGYPT | Monday, 27 Oct 2008 | Views [366] | Comments [2]
yesterday was our first full day with our tour group. it has been hard to get used to in cairo where we spent so much time on our own exploring and what not, but it is definitely getting better. we got up first thing yesterday and headed out to the ... Read more >
EGYPT | Friday, 24 Oct 2008 | Views [634] | Comments [4]
Wow there is so much to say! Hopefully I get all the main points and you can get an idea of our experience. Yesterday morning a driver arrived bright and early at our hostel to drive us out to Oases to meet our jeep to the white desert. it took an ... Read more >
EGYPT | Thursday, 23 Oct 2008 | Views [515] | Comments [2]
we got up this morning and had breakfast out on our balcony overlooking talaat harb st and lots of traffic. we also heard the morning call to prayer which was amazing. after breakfast we headed for the islamic quarter of cairo. its about a 30 min ... Read more >
NETHERLANDS | Thursday, 23 Oct 2008 | Views [533] | Comments [2]
Yesterday on my 8 hr layover in amsterdam i went into the city to explore. it was super easy to get into town via the tram and within 15 mins of getting off the plane i was on my way. right when you get out of the centraal station in downtown it is ... Read more >
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