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15 August 2013
I woke up really worn out today, considering I had such a great night sleep. Maybe it was the single glass of wine last night (the first in 2 months) or the meat (first significant intake after 3 weeks in India). I couldn’t face going to Dilijan by public transport (which would take some 3h […]
14 August 2013
With limited time in Armenia, I chose to do a tour with the hostel which covered several sights. It’s the easy way; it would take me at least two days to cover the main attractions included here if I had taken public transport, and their deal includes some lesser sights too (and lunch and entrances). […]
13 August 2013
After breakfast in the hostel, I shared a taxi with some others to Tsitsernakaberd (Armenian Genocide Memorial & Museum) which was located on the fringe of the city centre up a hill. Strangely for such a significant site, it opens only at 1100 but luckily we knew that and didn’t set off too early. We […]
12 August 2013
Leaving Delhi My taxi collected me at 0045. Leaving the Paharganj area at that time was interesting. Being a summer evening, there were people sleeping on tables, stalls, tricycles and beds (on the road). The journey to the airport only took about 30 minutes. Check-in had already opened when I got there 3h prior to […]
24 January 2011
Upon landing in Muscat at 2325 I made my own way to Ammi and Salome’s place. They had kindly done some of my laundry during my few days away. Unfortunately I must have left a piece of tissue in one of the pockets and it left bits through the load, but Salome tidied it all […]
24 January 2011
Job’s Tomb I picked up a rental car from Avis at the airport last night … it was the first time I had driven a left-hand drive and on the right side of the road. John, April and I set off to Job’s tomb about half hour’s drive from Salalah. Job is a prophet to […]
23 January 2011
Chris, a friend of Vicky and Steve’s took us out for a big outing today. John and April (Vicky’s uncle and aunt) and I were lucky enough to experience Chris’ knowledge of the area and bird life. We travelled east of Salalah in his 4WD to several springs (yes, in the desert) where birdlife was […]
22 January 2011
The bus arrived early in Salalah by about an hour … despite a holdup due to another bus catching fire on the road. The fire service were there to put out the fire … impressive considering it was in the middle of nowhere. Vicky collected me from the bus station before going to work. Vicky […]
21 January 2011
We had an early start to catch Nizwa’s Friday markets in action … and to save ourself parking woes when it gets into full swing. It felt a bit strange for the livestock market to be in the relatively restored town centre. Other products like vegetables, meat are sold in permanent buildings (much like Melbourne’s […]
20 January 2011
Ammi and Salome offered to collect me from Sur today, saving me an early morning bus ride to Nizwa via Muscat. It would be about a 3 hour detour for them to get to Nizwa through Sur. It was very kind of them … and Salome had the back seat in the Jeep which was […]