In search of the flying carpets... Egypt to Turkey via Jordan Syria and Lebanon

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'Cryn boreddydd',

No more listening that S4C Welsh Channel for me (does andybody actually understand Pobol y Cym?), I'm out of here. Cairo to Istanbul in twelve weeks, no doubt trying to do as much as I can in between.

All text and images are copyright 2006. steven rea

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  It all began with a Mega bus   Cardiff, United Kingdom on Feb 11, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
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  City of a Thousand Minarets   Cairo, Egypt on Feb 16, 2006 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Alexandria   Alexandria, Egypt on Feb 20, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
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  El-Alamein, battle fields   El-Alamein, Egypt on Feb 21, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Greater Sahara   Siwa, Egypt on Feb 22, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Sand storm   Siwa, Egypt on Feb 23, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Land abandoned by god   Bahariyya, Egypt on Feb 27, 2006 10 pictures 0 comments
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  There be no Americans here   Assiut, Egypt on Mar 2, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Assiut city   Assiut, Egypt on Mar 2, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Luxor, town of khawagga's   Luxor, Egypt on Mar 3, 2006 9 pictures 0 comments
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  3rd class at last!   Aswan, Egypt on Mar 6, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Temples of Abu Simbel   Abu Simbel, Egypt on Mar 8, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Aswan to Dahab in 28 hours   Dahab, Egypt on Mar 10, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Elijah's Gate   Dahab, Egypt on Mar 15, 2006 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Red Sea ferry, fingers x'ed   Aqaba, Jordan on Mar 16, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
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  T E Larwance   Wadi rum, Jordan on Mar 19, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Indie town   Petra, Jordan on Mar 20, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Hitch hiking the Kings Highway   Wadi Musa to Madaba, Jordan on Mar 24, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Dead Sea   Madaba, Jordan on Mar 26, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Answer me these questions three (monty Python)   Amman, Jordan on Mar 28, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Solar eclips   Damascus, Syria on Mar 29, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Desert City under water   Palmyra, Syria on Apr 2, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
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  A 1001 nights in Damascus   Damascus, Syria on Apr 4, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Paris of the Middle East   Beirut, Lebanon on Apr 6, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Lord of the Bekaa // City of the Sun   Baalbek // Heliopolis, Lebanon on Apr 7, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  On the Green line   Beirut, Lebanon on Apr 8, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
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  From 2000 metres to sea level for a quid   Bcharre, Qadisha Valley, Lebanon on Apr 11, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Water wheel heaven but mosquito hell   Hama, Syria on Apr 13, 2006 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Castles' galore   Ansariyya mountain range, Syria on Apr 18, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Capital of Islamic Culture   Aleppo, Syria on Apr 19, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  The Luggage stop   Istanbul, Turkey on Apr 23, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Fariy chimneys in Cappadocia   Goreme, Turkey on Apr 27, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Mt Nemrut   Kahta, Turkey on Apr 28, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Urfa   Sanliurfa, Turkey on Apr 29, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  PKK Country   Mardin, Turkey on Apr 29, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Road to Dada dada dada Batman!   Diyarbakir, Turkey on May 2, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Diyarbakir to Mus mountain roads!!   Mus, Turkey on May 2, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Tatvan   Tatvan, Turkey on May 2, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
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  Van Cats on Akdamar Island   Van, Turkey on May 5, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Silk road   Dogubayazit, Turkey on May 6, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
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  On the road home   Erzurum, Turkey on May 7, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Kackar mountains   Yusufeli, Turkey on May 8, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
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  7 hours for 300km   Hopa, Turkey on May 9, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Sumela monastery   Trabzon, Turkey on May 10, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Jason and the Argonauts country!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Batumi, Georgia on May 11, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
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  Toast your enemies with Beer and Friends with Wine   Tbilisi, Georgia on May 12, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Just the thing for a hang over, 28 hours of travel   Sarpi, Georgia on May 15, 2006 1 picture 0 comments