August 2009
23 posts
Back in Abu Dhabi for 2 days before going home. The trip is finally over. Sad; I think I still could have been a hobo for much longer.
Just watched the sun set over Petra. Definitely the most compelling and impressive ruins I’ve ever seen.
In Petra
After a few days spent in and around a certain unnamed city near Amman, I am now in Petra. Waking up tomorrow at 5:30am to catch the sunrise. Photos soon…
WatchI’m in Amman now, and I’ll be uploading some photos from the Dead Sea in a bit, but until then, here is one of the movies that I have been trying to upload for a while. It’s from the Aleppo Souq, which I still anoint the coolest bazaar in all of the Middle Eastern cities that I’ve ever seen. The video is a bit long, so give it some time to load. And make sure you have the...
Just got back from a visit to the UN-Syria administered part of the Golan Heights. Interesting to see the ruins. Nothing rebuilt since 1974.
Beirut, Damascus again, and the monastery of Mar...
It’s been difficult to send constant updates in so far since I arrived in Syria. The Internet cafes are few and vy slow here, and twitter still just doesn’t seem to want to sync up with my Syrian mobile phone. So, apologies for the lack of news lately. For Iser’s mom: I can confirm that I have not been abducted by Iranians in the Kurdish mountains. So, Beirut: A complete and...
July 2009
236 posts
Arrived in Beirut late last night
Border crossing was easy. The rough part is the weather here — think Washington DC in August. Hot, sticky, still, generally gross. There must be a better time of the year to visit this city.
Sorry for the flurry of photos there...
Some of them seem to have gone missing in the uploading process as well. The internet connections here in Syria are really slow. I’ll be uploading some cool photos in a bit, once I find a faster connection. In a few hours, I’m going to Beirut by bus. I’m excited — if it’s anywhere near as cool as all the Lebanese people in the UAE say it is, it should be a good time....
