epub |eng | | Author:Lonely Planet

NEW CITY Leoforos Archiepiskopou Makariou III is packed with cafes and bars, while several of the surrounding residential streets are also home to some of the city’s better dining spots, ...

epub |eng | 2012-12-31 | Author:Planet, Lonely & Virginia Maxwell [Planet, Lonely]

* * * Seeing the Dervishes Whirl If you thought the Hare Krishnas or the Harlem congregations were the only religious orders to celebrate their faith through music and movement, ...

epub |eng | | Author:Lonely Planet

High Dam Egypt’s modern example of construction on a monumental scale, the controversial Aswan High Dam (As-Sadd al-Ali; adult/child E£20/10; 8am-5pm) contains 18 times the amount of material used in ...

epub |eng | | Author:Lonely Planet

Courses A variety of organisations work to connect Jews – and, in some cases, non-Jewish travellers as well – with Jewish mysticism and traditional Hasidic life. For a list of ...

epub |eng | 2008-12-31 | Author:Jill Worrall

7 A NIGHT BESIDE THE WORLD’S HOTTEST REACTOR The Persian Gulf Behind us, there is only the weariness of history Behind us, the memory of waves carries cold shells of ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2011-04-06 | Author:Paul Theroux [Theroux, Paul]

Chapter Seventeen THE MANDALAY EXPRESS AT SUNDOWN IN Rangoon, the crows that have been II blackening the sky all day soar to their roosts as the shrill bats waken and ...

mobi |eng | 2010-03-11 | Author:Pope, Hugh [Pope, Hugh]

Elegant officials from the Wau government were our frequent visitors, to hear news of our negotiations with the SPLA, to enjoy some educated company, and to escape from the population’s ...

epub |eng | 2007-04-09 | Author:Deborah Rodriguez [Rodriguez, Deborah]

AFTER I LIT MY CIGARETTE, I waved the match around in the air to put it out, but it continued to flame. So I touched it to a bead of ...

epub |eng | 2010-06-01 | Author:Jennifer Steil [Steil, Jennifer]

AT THE END OF NOVEMBER, two men from the South African embassy visit me. These men actually made an appointment, only I have completely forgotten. When they arrive, I am ...

epub, mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Anthony Shadid [Shadid, Anthony]

A few days after my visit to the basement workshop, I joined Dr. Khairalla in his kitchen. He had offered to teach me how to make awarma, cooked mutton mixed ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2012-10-19 | Author:Sophia Al-Maria [Al-Maria, Sophia]

14 UPSILON SCORPII • THE STING • Everything was changing, and I couldn’t do anything to stop it. The house was hectic with preparations for Uncle Faraj’s imminent wedding in ...

epub |eng | 1946-05-29 | Author:Agatha Christie Mallowan [Mallowan, Agatha Christie]

Another furious dissension breaks out over the day of rest. The day after pay-day is always a holiday. The Mohammedans claim that since there are more Mohammedans than Christians on ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2008-10-20 | Author:Andrew Burke

* * * WHO’S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR? As you wander around the narrow streets of Kashan look carefully at the doors. Most have two knockers: one round and ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2009-10-19 | Author:Anthony Ham

* * * GIVING AMMAN A FACELIFT Amman is on the rise, with several high-profile construction projects set to change the face of the city. Here are two initiatives that ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2011-07-19 | Author:Amitav Ghosh

14 WITH THE COMING of winter the rains began and soon the lanes of Nashawy were knee-deep in cold, sticky mud and nobody ventured out of their houses if they ...