Istanbul Turkey 土耳其伊斯坦布尔 1/2016 (1)
9-13/1/2016. This trip I want to talk turkey. What I see is what you get. I want to go to Egypt, but I also want to see Turkey. These are two very big countries to...
Ephesus, Pamukkale, Kusadasi Turkey 土耳其以弗所和其他 1/2016 (2)
11-13/1/2016. From Istanbul, I headed to Ephesus, a place in the Bible and the name of one of its books, to see what was left of it. Sadly, much of it has been reduced to...
Cairo Egypt 埃及开罗 1/2016 (3)
14-17/1/2016. Egypt is synonymous with pyramids. Raised on the vast and harsh ground of the desert, these were built to loom large and to reach for the sky. Under the blue sky, the triangle clearly...
Luxor Egypt – Part 1 埃及卢克索 – 上集 1/2016 (4)
18/1/2016. I barely recovered from being awestruck by the pyramids and sphinx before taking the train to Luxor. This was indeed where the ancient Egyptians of power thought about their mortality, dreamed of immortality. One...
Luxor Egypt – Part 2 埃及卢克索 – 下集 1/2016 (5)
19/1/2016. Not many things are still standing after more than 3,000 years. Here in Luxor, sure, some are headless, without an arm and a leg, dismembered, disfigured, others in tatters, even pulverized. Notwithstanding the odd...
Dubai UAE 迪拜酋长国杜拜 1/2016 (6)
23-24/1/2016. For the past nine days, I was stuck back in time, more than 3,000 years ago. I witnessed antique coffins of dignitaries from time immemorial, ancient tombs hidden deep in the desert ground, wall...