Apr 19th, 2009 at 8:00AM: Zahi Hawass, Egypt's Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, has announced that the 4500 year old "Bent" Pyramid will soon open its inner chambers, allowing tourists to venture inside for the first time. He also says that others may follow suit soon afterwards. The Bent Pyramid is located in Dahshur, which sits roughly 50 miles south of Cairo, and is believed to have been built ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Egyptian Pyramid to Open to the Public
Apr 19th, 2009 at 8:00AM: Zahi Hawass, Egypt's Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, has announced that the 4500 year old "Bent" Pyramid will soon open its inner chambers, allowing tourists to venture inside for the first time. He also says that others may follow suit soon afterwards. The Bent Pyramid is located in Dahshur, which sits roughly 50 miles south of Cairo, and is believed to have been built ...Running Around The World
Jan 27th, 2009 at 12:30PM: Back in February of 2000, Serge Roehteli, along with his wife Nicole, set out on an amazing journey to circle the globe, running the entire way. The plan was to cover more than 25,000 miles, on six continents, crossing 37 countries in the process. Serge, an experienced ultra-runner, estimated that it would take him five years to complete the project that would see him running the equivalent of a ...Airline Celebrates 5th Anniversary with Free Flights for All
Oct 22nd, 2008 at 1:00PM: United Arab Emirates-based Air Arabia will be celebrating its 5th birthday with a special treat for its customers. Everyone flying on the Persian Gulf's original low-cost carrier on October 28th will fly for free. Passengers are still expected to pay any applicable airport taxes and fees. The free flights are for one day only and only include one-way service. Before you get excited, you should ...Iranians the biggest gamblers in Asia? What are the odds?
Aug 1st, 2008 at 5:20PM: In the US, gambling online is technically illegal, but that doesn't stop millions of Americans from playing poker and betting on sports over the internet. Some of us are even known to fund our travels that way (allegedly).
It turns out all of us dangerous gambling delinquents have something in common with the Iranians-- we're both fans of non-government-sanctioned internet gambling.
A British ...Internet failure hits several continents
Jan 31st, 2008 at 1:00PM: Internet has undoubtedly changed the way we communicate, travel, think, and even live. So what happens when there is an all out Internet failure? A good bit of chaos.
That's exactly what happened today across large parts of the Middle East, Asia and North Africa, when tens of millions of Internet users were without a connection. India's bandwidth was cut in half, posing problems for not only the ...Burj Dubai: why does it have to go so high!?
Oct 30th, 2007 at 5:40PM: Dubai is all about being the best, biggest, richest, poshest, greatest, hottest and having the longest, widest, highest, gaudiest, craziest...the list is endless. When I lived there, when we read the news on these new and upcoming 'superlative' projects, we would joke about how Dubai really is an architectural representation of the male ego -- constantly trying to prove who has got the biggest ...The Price of Gas Around the World
Jun 26th, 2007 at 4:09PM:
The next time you pull into the station for a fill-up, keep this in mind before you curse the prices: People elsewhere have it a lot worse than we do in America (and we tend to gripe about it the most, it seems!). Take Asia for instance -- Hong Kong averages a whopping $6.30 per gallon, with Seoul, South Korea, not too far behind. Europe also pays well above what we do in America. London, ...Dubai International Film Festival
Dec 5th, 2006 at 9:44PM: While I'm in Persian Gulf I thougt I might as well mention the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) taking place December 10-17, 2006. According to their news ticker the red carpet promises some of Hollywood, Bollywood, and the Arab worlds (Arab-wood?) hottest stars from the silver screen right in the flesh. If your interest rests only in the films, trust me when I say the selection is also ...Christmas in Dubai
Dec 5th, 2006 at 8:45PM: When the Christmas holiday season rolls around I do my part to spread the holiday cheer by putting cards in the mail to all my loved ones and co-workers from past and present. Since I can't supply the world with gifts I find cards usually suffice for most, but there was one Christmas I remember feeling crushed. A girlfriend of mine who I'd known from high school called me after receiving the card ...Qatar Adventures in GoNomad
Dec 2nd, 2006 at 9:01PM: Qatar entices me because of its name. That is all. I've read a little something-something here and there about the place and even chit-chatted with some of the country's natives in the past, but they didn't sway me so much to want to go. If I ever venture out it will be because of the name, but what's in a name anyway? Robert Davis details his desert adventure in Qatar in a recent issue of GoNomad ...GADLING'S TAKE FIVE: Week of October 29
Nov 3rd, 2006 at 11:18PM: The moment you have all been waiting for has arrived at last. An unforgettable week... The most amazing things in blogging history, right here, now... It's Gadling's Take Five!!! A little too dramatic? I agree. Let's just get to what you missed. 5. Star Locator: Here's a gear piece for all camp-loving individuals who like to stare off into starry nights, but have trouble finding popular ...Word for the Travel Wise (09/19/06)
Sep 19th, 2006 at 8:00PM: How I've managed to forget this wonderful travel site often loaded with photography from some lesser explored places - I do not know. TravelAdventures.org has an amazing photo set of Yemeni people, the Haraz Mountains, qat, and other Yemeni things. I'm going to bookmark this one for future reference and so I don't forget it again. Today's word is an Arabic word used in Yemen: khwaga - foreigner My ...Teen Gets Passport & Heads to Middle East for MySpace Man
Jun 10th, 2006 at 11:20AM: This I don't understand. Apparently a 16-year-old girl out of Michigan tricked her parents into letting her get a passport to go on a trip to Canada with some friends of hers, but in reality the young girl was on her way to Israel, alone. Katherine R. Lester was on her way to meet a 25-year-old man from Jericho as described on his MySpace.com account when U.S. officials in Jordan convinced her to ...
