JOURNAL
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Jordaneese joy…Red seas, Dead seas, Petra and Wadi Rum
2012-09-18 05:54:00 UTC
We drove for a sleep two hours in the early morning darkness until we reached the ferry port. Slipping through customs dan and I boarded the small and clean boat and sat uptop on deck amongst a large group of french tourists. As dan slept I greeted the morning sun…
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Shishas, snorkling and splashing in the red sea; Dahab
2012-09-08 05:40:00 UTC
Feeling revived after a free afternoon in Luxor, we all put on our fancy clothes and met in the foyer at half 5 for an evening tour of Luxor temple. The temple of Luxor is close to the Nile and parallel with the riverbank. King Amenhotep III who reigned 1390-53…
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Dancing barefoot in pages of history & riding camels by one of the ancient wonders of the World
2012-08-31 05:08:00 UTC
Arriving into Cairo just after 7pm, we stepped off the plane and headed for customs only to be greeted by a well dressed man holding an ‘On the Go sign’. I had decided long ago to do this country on a tour because of the political unrest and peace of…
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A road trip in Israel with old friends
2012-08-26 04:15:00 UTC
Nervous, excited and bewildered we arrived in Israel, a place that I have been wanting to visit for so long! Having had email contact with a friend from Israel I had met 3 years earlier in India he had kindly offered to has us stay in Beer Sheva with him…
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Flying high in Cappadocia, Turkey
2012-08-10 03:42:00 UTC
Waking up at just past 5 to Dan smiling widely as she snapped away a blissful sunrise. Still on the bus we looked out into the distance to see a sky of raging orange spotted with tiny little balloons; that’s when we decided we were going hot air ballooning in…
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Sleeping under stars, sailing and saluting the rising sun, Turkey
2012-08-01 06:06:00 UTC
An entire day by the pool, as we got too drunk the night before, then a bus to Palmakale and onto Turgetries, beers circumcision, and our apartment, market and beach, beers, and a night club street, home at 5am, slept till 4, beach, gozlemes, home, morning bus to fethiye, shuttle…
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A turkish delight in Istanbul
2012-07-18 09:46:00 UTC
After a short and comfortable flight of about 3 hours I arrived at Ataturk airport in Istanbul. I found my way to the visa desk and handed over a steep $60USD (last time I came it was $40) before passing through passport control and onto to collect my luggage and…
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Living in Lagos and a little trip to Lisbon
2012-07-13 08:48:00 UTC
Arriving at the bus station in faro an hour earlier than I had anticipated I set off to find chloe assuming she would not be too far. After a brief stroll in the port of faro sweating in my black plane clothes I put some pennies in a pay phone…
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Svedarn yarr; blondes, booze and banquets.
2012-06-20 09:23:00 UTC
We arrived into Sweden at half 9 local time to be collected by the lovely Johan. Erica and I met Johan at the start of last year as he was in Australia for business, so on coming to Sweden we took him up on his offer to stay with him…
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Lucky lady
2012-05-31 08:41:00 UTC
Call it what you will, I call it luck. It’s something I’ve been luckily blessed with, it follows me like a colourful shadow, through thick and thin it sees me through. Luck is on my side. I became aware of this when I lived with Bobsy whist studying in Newcastle…
