Often times when you are trying to see a lot of different places within a country or within a region the best way to do it is by car. However, sometimes you just don’t feel like driving yourself. Also, drivers in certain countries, especially the developing countries, have drivers that think they are Formula 1 […]
Top 5-Places in the Middle East
February 12, 2008 by 1 Comment
1. Petra, Jordan 2. Musandam Peninsula, Oman 3. Old City Sana’a, Yemen 4. Muscat, Oman 5. Beirut, Lebanon Honorable Mention: Damascus, Syria; Dubai, UAE
Thoughts on the Middle East
February 11, 2008 by 6 Comments
As I am back in New York now and have had a very long flight home to reflect on my trip to the Middle East, I have a few thoughts. First, the Middle East is a very pleasant place to visit. The people are very nice in all of the countries that I visited and […]
Scenes From a Mall in Dubai
February 10, 2008 by 2 Comments
Yesterday was the final day of my trip and I flew up from Yemen to Dubai to catch my long flights home. I had a 12 hour layover in Dubai yesterday and I was debating what to do with myself. I had already seen everything that I wanted to see and in fact all there […]
Sanaa, Yemen
February 8, 2008 by 20 Comments
I don’t think there are too many places left in the world that would make God smile, but Yemen is one of them. Yemen has been inhabited forever and in many ways it is the birthplace of all our lives. In the days of yore, Noah’s sons knew it as the land of milk and […]
Djibouti, Djibouti
February 7, 2008 by 3 Comments
It’s really fun to say Djibouti. I keep finding myself just saying the word over and over-you should try it, it’s kind of fun. It’s also spelled neatly and one of those places, kind of like Timbuktu, that you’ve always heard of and never really knew exactly where it was or that people actually went […]
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
February 6, 2008 by 1 Comment
I spent the first half of today in Addis Ababa, which is the pleasant capital of Ethiopia and a major travel hub for Eastern Africa. This was my fifth trip to the dark continent and third in the last 16 months. I spent my time touring around the city with my Ethiopian tour guide in […]
The Sultanate of Oman
February 5, 2008 by 8 Comments
The Sultanate of Oman…that just sounds cool doesn’t it? If I was to be any type of world leader I would definitely be a Sultan. It sounds way more powerful than Prime Minister, President, Chancellor or even King. Another reason why Babe Ruth’s nickname “The Sultan of Swat” is still the coolest nickname ever. Anyway, […]
