brill trip
Feb 19th 2008, 4:07 am
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brill trip
Just back yesterday from a week or so in Syria!
Excellent time, even if it was with a group of language students from London on their abroad study year (man, that made me feel OLD)
So different to see a place that has real history... oldest continuously inhabited city (Cham) etc, the pre-Roman buildings and streets at Tadmur/Palmyra, Umayad mosques at Cham and Aleppo, gotta go back and do it slowwwly. Or see if I can get on a project there. Or anywhere!
Excellent time, even if it was with a group of language students from London on their abroad study year (man, that made me feel OLD)
So different to see a place that has real history... oldest continuously inhabited city (Cham) etc, the pre-Roman buildings and streets at Tadmur/Palmyra, Umayad mosques at Cham and Aleppo, gotta go back and do it slowwwly. Or see if I can get on a project there. Or anywhere!
Feb 19th 2008, 4:10 am
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good to see you back....
and how can you feel old...you are a puppy yourself
and how can you feel old...you are a puppy yourself
Feb 19th 2008, 4:13 am
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sounds fab...got any pix...?
MM, xx
MM, xx
Feb 19th 2008, 4:16 am
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Feb 19th 2008, 9:53 am
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Feb 19th 2008, 10:02 am
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Well I hope you capitalized on the opportunity to develop your Arabic linguistic skills!!!
Must tour the Fertile Crescent myself sometime - people tell me it's far more authentically Arab than the Khaleej....
Must tour the Fertile Crescent myself sometime - people tell me it's far more authentically Arab than the Khaleej....
Feb 19th 2008, 2:04 pm
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JVR20 - go to Yemen, you won't regret it.
Am planning a trip to Hadramout and then to Socotra Island (home of the funkiest trees ever) later this year
Am planning a trip to Hadramout and then to Socotra Island (home of the funkiest trees ever) later this year
Feb 20th 2008, 5:52 pm
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It's beautiful, safe and friendly (the sa'ana and Aden regions are, some of the others are a bit mired in tribal conflict)
Sae'ed Felix Arabia indeed!!
Sae'ed Felix Arabia indeed!!
Feb 20th 2008, 6:04 pm
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The girl has offered to do a write up on where to go etc. I am not sure yet exactly what part she was in. It was nice to see a place with such culture.
Feb 20th 2008, 6:08 pm
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Google Socotra, its an unspoiled paradise.
Island off the coast of Yemen, only one flight a week there., have their own language (not arabic), two hotels i think, Plenty of fauna etc which only exists there...
Can't wait to go there
Island off the coast of Yemen, only one flight a week there., have their own language (not arabic), two hotels i think, Plenty of fauna etc which only exists there...
Can't wait to go there
Feb 20th 2008, 6:17 pm
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Wouldn't want to miss that return flight though!!!
Feb 20th 2008, 6:23 pm
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Just back yesterday from a week or so in Syria!
Excellent time, even if it was with a group of language students from London on their abroad study year (man, that made me feel OLD)
So different to see a place that has real history... oldest continuously inhabited city (Cham) etc, the pre-Roman buildings and streets at Tadmur/Palmyra, Umayad mosques at Cham and Aleppo, gotta go back and do it slowwwly. Or see if I can get on a project there. Or anywhere!
Excellent time, even if it was with a group of language students from London on their abroad study year (man, that made me feel OLD)
So different to see a place that has real history... oldest continuously inhabited city (Cham) etc, the pre-Roman buildings and streets at Tadmur/Palmyra, Umayad mosques at Cham and Aleppo, gotta go back and do it slowwwly. Or see if I can get on a project there. Or anywhere!