I woke up at 5:45 and at 6:30 we left for the morning safari. I like the sunrise at Amboseli. Fortunately I was not sleepy, so I could photograph elephants, gazelles, buffalo, zebras and baboons. I never imagined how interesting the life of animals was. Locals are the best people to describe it. Steve, who belongs to the Kikuyu tribe…
Read MoreAs before, so even today, many foreigners enjoy having a house in Marrakech. At first they built villas in the French quarter of Gueliz, outside the walls, then larger villas in the palm grove on the edge of the desert…
Read More.. Fouad left the Cham Palace Hotel in Damascus and entered the car that would take him to the house of the al-Attar family. The sun was setting at that time. The lights had just been lit in the congested avenue…
Read MoreThe Sultanate of Oman, in my eyes, is really like Switzerland because of its order. The roads are in perfect condition, even in the hinterland. In Muscat, the capital city, traffic is thoroughly monitored, people are…
Read MoreHarran, an area righteously boasting of a continuous human presence over the last 3000 years, is located in southern Turkey, not far from the Syrian border. The legend has it that Adam and Eve, expelled from Paradise, eventually traversed…
Read MoreOn that particular day, with her dog sitting quietly at her feet, Josephine announced to me that she would be going to Jerusalem again in a few months. I was glad to hear it and wanted to know more but she …
Read MoreThe cruise-ship had anchored and the passengers were strolling along Hamilton’s Front Street. Many had invaded the shops and were happy with their purchases. “I bought a splendid Irish sweater,” said a plump American lady coming out of Trimingham's, was about…
Read MoreIn Salvador di Bahia, surrounded by forests of palm trees, dunes of white sand that reach even the airport, people smile and have no stress. Women, the shubby Baianas, wear lacy white dresses, colourful turbans and many necklaces in gaudy colours. . Τhey are so dressed in the shops to attract…
Read MoreEverything was quiet. It was early morning and the streets of Aswan were empty. Two feluccas were sailing on the Nile, which at that point offered a picturesque site. We left the city and entered into the desert to reach the airport. "We will fly!" I said with joy!
Read MoreThese were the hotels of the desert, where the caravans arrived after a long, slow-paced journey under a scorching sun. Pilgrims, merchants, cultured travellers, sitting uncomfortably on the backs of the camels, all following a precise path…
Read MoreThere is a wild beauty to Petra, Jordan, both heavy and mournful, that shakes you. These canyons that stand as natural barriers, just north of Aqaba, became the capital of the Nabataeans, a Bedouin tribe…
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