Blogs about: Benallen Ca
Visiting Syrian Refugees in the Bekaa Valley.
wrote 2 months ago: It was shortly after leaving the calm surroundings of a Bekaa Valley winery that we stumbled upon on … more →
Getting to know the Levant
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wrote 2 months ago: Withdrawing from the culture I grew up with this past year has been an eye-opening experience for me … more →
Why I should be Lebanon's Minister of Transport (sorry Ghazi El-Aridi)
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wrote 2 months ago: Beirut’s traffic system clearly wasn’t designed for traffic. At busy parts of the day on … more →
The conflict in Syria, spilling over the borders
wrote 3 months ago: The way it’s raining tonight is fitting for the current situation. I’m at a bus station … more →
First impressions of Lebanon
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wrote 3 months ago: I’ve been in Beirut for just over 24 hours now, and tonight I find myself camping on a rooftop … more →
Attempting to escape the former Soviet Union
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wrote 3 months ago: The well-trodden path of the 259 bus to the edge of the city marked the start of my final departure … more →
Time to move on again
wrote 4 months ago: I feel that recently I’ve neglected this blog, so today I decided an update on my present happ … more →
Snowboarding in Tsaghkadzor - Armenia's premiere ski resort
wrote 4 months ago: Since the weather in Armenia made a turn for the oh-shit-it’s-cold a couple of months ago I … more →
Photos from a multinational hitchhiking adventure
wrote 4 months ago: A couple of weeks ago I returned to Yerevan from Turkey’s capital, Ankara. It had been a visit … more →
Hitchhiking Yerevan to Ankara - 'til the cows come home
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wrote 5 months ago: The first thing I remember was being frantically shaken out of my slumber. “Ben! Wake up! Some … more →
Iran to Yerevan by Hitchhiking. An eventful adventure
wrote 5 months ago: It’s snowing outside and the windshield is misted up, but the driver still insists on driving … more →
Whispers of Masouleh
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wrote 5 months ago: I first heard about Masouleh from an Iranian girl I got talking to on a plane between London and Ist … more →
Leaving Tehran once again
wrote 5 months ago: As I sat on the kerb in the hazy Tehran sun I thought back on my time in Iran’s capital. We … more →
Kashan's amazing bazaar, and fax machine repair stores
wrote 5 months ago: I never thought I’d spend an evening imprisoned in a fax machine repair shop in an Iranian bac … more →
Diary of a morning on the road in Iran
wrote 5 months ago: You wake. On the floor of a dark basement. Covering every square inch of the ground are rugs. Rugs e … more →
The sites of historic Esfahan
wrote 6 months ago: Esfahan, located 340 kilometres south of Tehran, was James and my next stop following our stay in Ya … more →
Yazd: Gorgeous, Ancient, Magical
wrote 6 months ago: Yazd. I’m still not sure what to say about this city. It’s simply magical. I absolutely … more →
Wandering the alleys of Yazd
wrote 6 months ago: Coming from the modern urban hub of insanity that was Tehran, to the ancient desert city that is Yaz … more →
Thoughts from a sleeper train hangover in Iran
wrote 6 months ago: It’s strange. I often have more writing inspiration when I feel terrible. It must be a ‘ … more →
