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... the beating of the Armenian apothecary by the local drunk for his people's infidelity to Ottoman Empire in the wake of Russian advances in the country; and the public humiliation of the town's despised Greek Nationalist schoolteacher, forced to wear a saddle and drink to unconsciousness at gunpoint. In all three instances a crowd of locals, including the occasional narrator Iskender the Potter, coalesces into ajeering mob, tempering the sympathy ...

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They then invited me back to there house to break fast with them at sunset. They lived in an area that the Syrian government had allocated for Palestine refugees after the invasion of the Is rails in 1948, the first thing they did after offering me help was check that I was not Jewish and all the Palestine’s that I spoke to where very fundamental in there opinions of the Zionists in what they called occupied Palestine ...

... daily scours the beach and removes rubbish that washes in. Our meals have been good and reasonably priced so we basically buy a light lunch after they serve a decent typical brekky of egg, bread, cheese and jam and tea and then have a bigger meal at night. No more ice coffees for me and I am better now for it.

Sunday 12th July. While we didn't sleep any better we were mossie free with the net around us. Another day chilling and swimming and preparing to leave tomorrow morning.

... can see, Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia all very very close to each other.

Anyway enough of the scary stuff, we arrived at our beach camp and it was lovely, it was ralther hot so the shade and the breeze was really nice, they had a free pool table so I was happy, floor lounges just to read, or take in the view and relax, some lounge chairs in the sun if you want to grab some rays. Next room allocation, well we grabbed our room and it was ...

... 11-person tzevet consists of 3 Argentinians, 2 Brits, 1 Chilean, 1 Swede, 1 Belgian, 1 German, and 1 other American--8 guys, 3 girls. We've gotten along well, which is good. Because considering the hard new stuff we do, all of it together, you need people you like and can depend upon in order to make it through this boot camp as smoothly as possible. Since one of the youth groups consisted of 25 Argentinians, I find myself speaking Spanish often, especially because I ...

... fine as well, the touts might annoy some people but I didnt have a problem really what so ever with them, best just to totally ignore them and they leave you alone. I have had a great first week so far, hopefully it is a sign of things to come and that it gets better and better, I have had no problems what so ever and have found travelling here very easy. I have spend aroudn 150 British pounds in total over the week most of it going on transport.

Shalom, Salaam, Hello ! We have had an amazing weekend, a true pilgrimage to some of the most amazing landscapes and historical places we've ever been ! Friday night we headed to Eilat, at the southern tip of Israel on the Red Sea. The drive down, through the Negev desert, was really beautiful -- amazing dunes, rock formations, and herds of camels running alongside us and across the road.  Eilat itself is interesting -- a real resort ...

... I knew my good friend Mary had arrived. It was really nice to see her again. This was the 5th time we saw each other in the Middle East but the first time we planned it. - We hung out on the beach for the whole afternoon and talked about our adventures for the last 3 weeks (since the last time we saw each other) - Our camp is pretty quiet which is great. Very few travellers there but it is actually the busiest camp in Tarabin. Most of the other camps have no one ...

... place, just rock and sand, in a small town named St. Catherine, after a believer who was tortured for her faith (more Sinai hospitality). Just outside this small town of 500 tucked away in a rock valley is a monastery that carries the same name. It was commissioned by Emperor Justinian (Istanbul blog) in the 6th century and served as a place of refuge for believers in the region. The Monastery itself sits at the base of Mt Sinai; the place Moses received the Ten ...

... to Ireland. I been to Dublin. Irish people polite. This man not polite... he not Irish," the ticket seller forcefully claimed as he pointed to my passport picture.

Pat now understood what he was getting at and went on a damage limitation footing stating that I definitely was Irish, as was my father and grandfather before me. He then went on to explain, in that calming managerial tone of his, that yesterday we were just ...