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Out and about in Lebanon

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

Snow in the mountains Byblos

Given that Lebanon is such a small country, it was easy for us to use Beirut as our homebase and to take day trips outside of the city to see the various sites and cities. We visited Sidon and Tyre in the South; Baalbek, home of some of the best preserved temples in the world; Byblos, a charming little port town; Tripoli, famous for it’s sweets, and the beautiful Cedars. [read on]

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Beirut – our taste of the Western world in the Middle East

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

The Corniche Pigeon Rocks New development in Beirut
We arrived into Beirut, thrilled to get a taste of city life with some Western-flare, something we haven’t experienced since leaving Taipei months ago. Upon arriving in Beirut, I was thrilled to find that the airport bathrooms were pristine, smelled like roses and had toilet paper – not just one but TWO rolls for me to choose from! They were heaven on earth after months of having to making sure to always have tissue or TP with me and learning the art of deactivating my sense of smell without asphyxiateing myself every time I entered a public toilet. Not only were the city’s public bathrooms clean, but we also basked in some of the simple pleasure’s that we’ve been missing while being on the road. [read on]

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Dana, the Kings Highway, the Dead Sea, and Amman

Thursday, May 11th, 2006

Kings Highway Dead Sea

Between Petra and Amman, we made a few stops that were well worthwhile. We spent a day hiking at the Dana Nature Reserve, wandered around Karak castle, floated in the Dead Sea and went up to Mount Nebu before arriving in Amman, our last stop in Jordan.

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Petra – better than Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Thursday, May 11th, 2006

Treasury S&A in the Siq
Though the bus to Petra never showed up, we were lucky enough to hitch a ride from 2 Americans who drove by and decided to take pity on us. Needless to say, thanks to their hearts-of-gold, we finally made it to Petra which turned out to be even more fabulous than we expected. [read on]

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Sleeping under the stars in the desert of Wadi Rum

Thursday, May 4th, 2006

Wadi Rum camels S&A under the desert sun

Make a mold of the Grand Canyon and invert it; add Dali-esque rock formations, pile on red and white sand dunes, paint on stripes like fudge ripple ice cream and you’ve got some of the best desert landscape in Jordan. We spent two days at a Bedouin camp and toured the desert by camel and jeep. [read on]

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Jordan, here we come! First stop: Aqaba

Thursday, May 4th, 2006

Aqaba gardens Shan & the tamarind juice vendor

After spending 8.5 hours on a packed ferry (which was only supposed to take 3 hours) we finally arrived in Aqaba, Jordan. Unfortunately, our first day there Anthony caught something nasty and wasn’t feeling to well so we ended up staying a little longer than planned 🙂

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I left my heart in Dahab – with the Bedouin lounges and the Red Sea

Saturday, April 22nd, 2006

Dahab

After 3 months of marathon traveling, we landed in Dahab, a laid back little beachtown right on the Egyptian shores of the Red Sea known for the spectacular dive sites and a great place to kick-back and recharge you batteries, which is exactly what we did for a week. [read on]

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Egypt – Tip extortionists, touts, and just plain wonderful…

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

Nile Sunset Luxor Temple

Our friends Brownson and Chris met up with us to travel thru Egypt, our first stop in the Middle East. Our ears were filled with the sounds of people, animals, traffic, prayer chanting and our noses with incredible smells from the spice shops and pretty much anything you could possibly imagine. The beautiful people, the mosques and the endless slough of treasures in the desert are more breathtaking and intriguing than I could have imagined – After the first few days, I fell in love with the Egypt….except for the tip seekers and touts, who provided us with memorable adventures and laughs.

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Mandalay, Myanmar and the infamous Moustache Brothers

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

Teak temple

After a couple days at Inle we caught a flight to Mandalay where another really beat up car, this time with a Mercedez emblem attached to the front, drove us to our guest house. [read on]

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Bagan and Inle Lake, Myanmar – 2000 temples and villages on the water

Sunday, April 16th, 2006

Bagan Inle Lake

The next day we caught a 15 hour bus ride north to Bagan to visit the famous temples there. We arrived around 5am and caught a local ‘taxi’ – a horse and buggy – to our hotel where we were pretty sure we were the only people there for 2 days as it’s almost hot season and most tourists stay away. We arranged for this same ‘taxi’ driver to be our chauffer for the next two days at a rate of about $8/day, and later found out we got ripped off a bit but didn’t feel too bad because he was a really nice man. He took us to catch the end of sunrise above an empty temple and we were completely floored when we looked across the vast, flat, open landscape which revealed around 2000 ornate and majestic temples of similar style but various sizes. [read on]

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