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is a world beyond the imagination: the sultry streets of Bangkok;
the monk-run temple of Tibet; the street markets of Shanghai where
worm-sellers are a common sight; masses of snakes that take up residence
at shrines; and a potpourri of sights, sounds, and smells that tell
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April 13, 2006
Lawrence of Arabia Came This Way
by Habeeb Salloum"Lawrence loved that valley. He thought of it as a blessed place." Ali, a Jordanian farmer, was starry-eyed when I told him that we were on our way to Wadi Rum - made famous by the celebrated British...
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October 4, 2005
Aleppo- A Kaleidoscope of Oriental Splendour
by Habeeb Salloum Historians have said that if there is another town in the world which could compete with Damascus as the world's oldest city, it would be Aleppo. Called by its inhabitants the 'queen of northern Syria' and 'Halab...
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October 1, 2005
Dubai Offers Visitors A Fascinating World Of Delights
By Habeeb Salloum A distinctive blend of a modern city and timeless desert, blending East and West, Dubai literally stuns a traveler with its fascinating kaleidoscope of color and contrasts. A leading centre of business and tourism in the Middle...
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June 7, 2005
JORDAN: Crossroad of the Middle East
By Denise Dube and Ron SternAsk about Jordan and the Middle East is always referenced. Jordan is, in fact, the middle of the Middle East, where, according to archeologists, the three major religions started. The Muslim, Christian and Jewish religions...
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May 11, 2005
Vientiane
After and early morning stroll around Vientiane, Paul and I hired a Tuktuk for the day to get around otherwise we wouldn't have seen anything as movement with Paul's leg was slow. Coffee was the first thing on the...
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May 6, 2005
Rubual
After finishing Kokoda Track I was back in Moresby arranging flights to Lae.Touching down in Lae I was getting a little worried about the prospect of finding accommodation at 11:30 at night, and on the way into the city...
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May 5, 2005
Kokoda
Papua New Guinea. Great Seafood. Enduring Mountains. Amazing Experience. I'm in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, at the moment. The seafood here is great. I've been living on unlimited massive mud crabs, fresh fish and every type of seafood you...
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April 28, 2005
Vietnam and Maldives
My husband, Steve, travels for a living and had accumulated a pile of Hilton points that, for various reasons, we had not used for our last few vacations. So he did some research on the best Hilton in the world,...
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April 22, 2005
Bangkok Bound
Like most people, I work a regular 9 to 5 job to pay the bills. It's nothing glamourous mind you, but it affords me the ability to save up money when I can and accumulate much needed vacation days. Since...
SoGoNow.com by: Allison Myers
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April 12, 2005
Khantoke Dinner in Chiang Mai, Thailand
After spending a week in Chiang Mai, Thailand delighting our taste buds with myriad spices, sweet coconut curries, and tropical smoothies at cheap restaurants, we decided to splurge a little. The term splurge, however, is relative, as our night of...
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