June 2019 Sayyidat al-Nouriyyeh An old shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary was in a room on the ground floor of a building in Souk...

October 2019 My absolute favorite thing in Dubai is riding the abra across Dubai Creek. From my point of view, if a visitor to Dubai...

July 2019 On my final return to Iraq from the USA, my brother was the one to take me to the airport (Dulles, Washington, DC). We agreed...

Koppelpoort. July 2017 The Netherlands on the Cheap No two ways about it, the Netherlands is expensive. It is also an amazingly easy...

June 2018 On my week of daytrips from Madrid, Alcalá de Henares was high on the list to visit. An old Roman city halfway between...

June 2018 Writing I Textbook as Travel Guide (Part II) On my second trip to Jordan I requested NH to take me to Jebel Al Webdeh because...

January 2014 This is what Singaporeans and the Singapore government say about Arab Street: Arab Street is a hippy neighborhood which...

July 2020 very old Sultana Mahdokht (died January 12, 319) was the daughter of Pholar, the Prince of Dorsas. Together with her brothers...

July 1988 Arches National Park was my first real "Western National Park" and holds a special place in my heart. I had been in Denver to...

April 1998. 上有天堂，下有苏杭 [Literally: up there is Heaven, down here there are Suzhou and Hangzhou] dreams On my famous first trip to Shanghai...

Taman Fatahillah main dining room Sate down to the lobby. September 2014 Cafe Batavia was a total sensation in Jakarta in the mid to...

December 2019 Fez was high on my list of places to visit in Morocco, but I will admit to some trepidation before going. Fez was also...

Synagogue, Jewtown, Kochi. February 2010 ... it was believed that the earliest Jews in India were sailors from King Solomon's time. It...

Festival City, Dubai. May 2016 bar reviews As I have mentioned in the past, I came to know about Hard Rock Cafe in Kuala Lumpur [see:...

January 1993 After our exhilarating (and scary) flight to little Milford Sound Airstrip [see: flight to Milford Sound], we were...

Orchard Road. July 2016 [from FB post: December 11, 2011] Just had a late lunch at TGI Fridays on Orchard Road. It was NOT busy and...

Kabsa Food coma, Mee'ad, Tihama, Asir/ February 2014 a despised dish "Kabsa". Anyone who stayed in Saudi Arabia for even a short time...

our apartment view 17-J River esplanade. October 1993 Well we're movin' on up To the east side To a deluxe apartment in the sky Movin'...

Victoria Falls area. July 1998 The first baobab grew next to a small lake. Taller and taller it grew until it started noticing the other...

Lebuh Chulia, Georgetown, Penang. December 2005 Who are the Teochew? You cannot miss the building. Nestled among rows of old Indian...