epub |eng | | Author:Lonely Planet

SabraHIKING (strenuous; guide advisable, JD150; h5hr return) The trip from Qasr al-Bint to the remote Nabataean suburbs of Sabra follows the path of ancient trade caravans that once unloaded their ...

epub |eng | | Author:Lonely Planet

MEIS EXPRESS Visiting the teensy Greek island of Meis (Kastellorizo) is a popular day-trip from Kaş. The Meis Express Ferry ( GOOGLE MAP ; same-day return €25) sails throughout the ...

epub |eng | 2004-02-01 | Author:William Dalrymple [Dalrymple, William]

'Several times.' 'Who by? I thought this part of Beirut escaped the worst of the war.' 'The first time, in '75, it was by the Palestinians. Then there was a ...

mobi |eng | 2000-01-15 | Author:William Dalrymple

'Yes,' I said, out of habit rather than any particular wish to deceive. 'My wife and I have been married three years.' 'And you have children?' Sadly not." 'You are ...

epub |eng | 2013-12-31 | Author:Trudi-Ann Tierney

After dissecting Marg’s break-up with her nut-job hook-up, we ended our night’s girly congress at Gandamak with lingering hugs, sloppy kisses and slurred mantras along the rather hackneyed lines of ...

epub |eng | | Author:Lonely Planet

Galata TowerTOWER (Galata Kulesi; MAP GOOGLE MAP ; Galata Meydanı, Galata; admission TL19; h9am-8pm; jKaraköy) The cylindrical Galata Tower stands sentry over the approach to 'new' İstanbul. Constructed in 1348, ...

epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Bruce Feiler

2. On Holy Ground I bolted upright the first time I heard the bells—a sound so loud it yanked me from sleep. I held my ears when I realized the ...

epub, azw3, pdf |eng | 1992-01-28 | Author:Robert Byron

PART V PART V Shahi (c. 300 ft.), April 22nd.—The first evening of our long-planned journey. Lady Hoare and Joseph got up early to breakfast with us under the wistaria. ...

epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2012-09-06 | Author:Michael Petrou

Amir called me on my hotel’s lobby telephone. I had returned to Tehran as he had instructed. “Check your email.” I opened my inbox to find a detailed message from ...

epub |eng | | Author:Robin Ratchford

Dreams of Rain Barren, brown, dry: an inhospitable landscape of the sort that appears in science-fiction films rose before us, its jagged mountains uninviting and hinting at danger. Only the ...

azw3, mobi, epub |eng | 2014-10-20 | Author:Russell, Gerard [Russell, Gerard]

The Samaritans have preserved carefully over the generations their ancient scrolls, which record a Torah that differs somewhat from the Jewish one. Here in 1905 a Samaritan priest displays one ...

epub |eng | 2013-11-22 | Author:Dervla Murphy [Dervla Murphy]

Take heed – how the political leadership of the Palestinians views this envoy counts for nothing. * * * The British glanced at a one-state solution, binationalism, before Partition in ...

epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Tahir Shah [Tahir Shah]

Ariane's birthday was bright pink from beginning to end. An army of little girls trooped into the house, all dressed in pink tutus, waving pink magic wands. They gorged themselves ...

epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Lonely Planet

Spy on Dubai’s pink flamingo population of 3000-plus, which flocks here during the winter months, from excellent viewing hides. Powerful binoculars can be borrowed at the viewing hides to get ...

epub |eng | | Author:Lonely Planet

Sea There are two main boat services to Nuweiba in Egypt. Departure times are often subject to change, so call the passenger terminal ( 03-2013236; www.abmaritime.com.jo/english) before travelling and arrive ...