Posts from the ‘Dhofar’ Category
"To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world" – Freya Stark
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Some recent press articles
Sharjah: Emirate Ambitions (CNN Traveller)
Switzerland: Family Travel (The Independent)
Switzerland: Glacier Express (Oryx: Qatar Airways)
Oman: Gold, frankincense & myrrh (The Independent)
The Red Sea: A traveller's guide (The Independent)
Abu Dhabi: Dune Roaming (The Independent)
Israel: 48 Hours in Tel Aviv (The Independent)
Saudi Arabia: Bloom time in Taif (CNN Traveller)
Switzerland: Travel by train (CNN Traveller)
Middle East wildlife: Rx for Oryx (Saudi Aramco World)
Jordan: A Pilgrim's Progress (The Independent)
Syria: Foodie road to Damascus (The Observer)
Turkey: Following the Abraham Path (The Times)
Oman: In Search of Sindbad (Gulf Life)
Abu Dhabi: A Quiet Revolution (CNN Traveller)
Middle East: Walking for peace (Wanderlust)
Syria: Aleppo: Sound of the Souk (bmi Voyager)
Malta: Easy Rider on the Med (The Independent)
Switzerland: Zurich for less (British Airways High Life)
Jordan: A Vine Romance (CNN Traveller)
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A few travel links
Travel Blather Jeremy Head
Grumpy Traveller David Whitley
501 Places by Andy Jarosz
Gadling US travel blog
Strange Maps Frank Jacobs
Kim Wildman Travel blog
Michael Kerr Journalist
BOOT - Business of Online Travel Aussie blog
Alastair McKenzie's Travelling Online
Travel Rants Darren Cronian
Wanderlust UK travel magazine
GoWander.com From Wanderlust
Jordan Jubilee Jordan travel info
Nomads Travel Climbing and adventure
Grantourismo A 2010 travel blog
Travel Scribe by Gail Simmons
Part Time Travel Writer Jenny Woolf
The Irresponsible Traveller Nick Redmayne
Europe à la Carte Karen BryanA few Middle East links
The National UAE
Daily Star Lebanon
7iber.com Citizen journalism from Jordan
ArabianBusiness.com
The Kipp Report Dubai
Juan Cole "Informed Comment"
Istanbul Calling News from Turkey
360east.com Jordan tech blog
And Far Away Jordan blog
The Black Iris of Jordan
Arab Environment Watch
Green Prophet Israel/ME eco blog
Blogging Beirut Lebanon
Lisa Goldman Israeli blog
Israelitybites Israeli blog
Al-Bab Arab World gateway
Life in Dubai blog
Saudi Jeans blog
Bint Battuta Bahrain blog
Sultan Al-Qassemi UAE journalist
Creative Jordan Social networkRecent tweets
- @jilliancyork ;-) Instead of trying 2be a Jew, a Pal, a Kurd - be yourself & empathize. Much more grassroots long-term change poss @3arabawy // 1 hour ago
- @glosfarmshops Hi - I really want to get a listing of your shops, but your Flash web page won't let me. Can you tweet back so we can DM? // 1 hour ago
- @meetsamer Certainly. I know the man who wrote it. (He also wrote the Rough Guide to Sex, if that's a recommendation...) ;-) // 1 hour ago
- @3arabawy Nice slogan. However, why not be yourself and #empathise instead? Much more useful and meaningful than #resistance. @jilliancyork // 1 hour ago
- @meetsamer I write for Rough Guides... ;-) // 1 hour ago
- @meetsamer Oh dear - that bad? Surely not LP... ;-) // 3 hours ago
- @montymunford No dependents? Wing it. Just leave some money behind, somewhere anonymous & secure, & devise an exit strategy ahead of time... // 6 hours ago
- Wow RT @petapixel World War 2 pics blended into present day photos: http://j.mp/9wtVaO // 6 hours ago
- @mary_novakovich Or maybe tweet them here @marriottintl and ask them... Perhaps @RitzCarltonPR can help with a name/number? // 6 hours ago
- @mary_novakovich Re. Marriott PR. From this list http://is.gd/dUY0l it looks like Paula Butler is your first port of call... no? // 6 hours ago
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Recent Posts
- Mett?
- CNN’s error of judgement
- PR fail – or refreshing modesty?
- Journalist as communicator
- Weather or not
- Tourism is not the only way
- Wee shall overcome
- Please take off your glasses
- “Five-star tourism is a blip”
- Local talent
- Blog will eat itself
- And the winner is…
- Telling stories
- An old friend
- Crossing Qalandia
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