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25 May 2006
I should have known better. The wine and kytron at dinner last night woke me up around 0330 this morning, and I only dozed lightly thereafter. I didn’t get out of bed till late. After breakfast, I walked to town and then looked for the bus to Halki. Due to misunderstanding of the placard on […]
24 May 2006
I must be in holiday mode waking up at 0900. But I had plenty of time to do everything so it wasn’t a worry. I headed out around 1000 walking along the waterfront and found the bus to get to the Temple of Apollo. It turned out to be a short ride which I could […]
23 May 2006
I had interrupted sleep. I had felt knocked out by the beer around 2100 and went to sleep early. But obviously the sleep was short lived and woke at 0100. While I don’t drink often and seldom have sleeping issues, I have noticed that alcohol does wake me up in the night. I had to […]
22 May 2006
I woke up tired. I didn’t feel like going to Oia, a village in the northwest where houses spill down the slopes, with a good view of the crater. I decided I’d take it easy and skip Oia for now. Oia is better at sunset anyway. After internetting in town, I returned with some bakery […]
21 May 2006
I had an easy day of exploration today. I walked to town and looked over the caldera. It was a truly stunning view. Somehow I didn’t expect the caldera to be on that side as it was obscured by all the buildings. Text continues after this gallery. While in town, I collected by […]
20 May 2006
Today I make my way from Dubai to my Aegean paradise, Santorini, while Kim turns around to head home to New Zealand. We had to wake at 0530 to get to the airport. We parted ways as we went to our respective gates. My gate seemed far too small for the number of people there. […]
19 May 2006
We have a full social calendar today, after having yesterday free for exploring Dubai’s malls and shops. Not that there’s much we wanted to buy. For lunch, we met Carolyn, Brad and their two children. They are from New Zealand and moved up over a year ago. They enjoy the lifestyle here and wouldn’t consider […]
17 May 2006
Above: Military helicopters at Sana’a airport. Leaving Yemen Leaving Yemen was sad for me. Sana’a had been my home for 5 weeks. I’ve never been to a school that’s been so cool. Where in the world would you find your teacher wearing a gun holster (with bullet holders) to class? I also loved the climate […]
15 May 2006
Visiting Jibla While Ibb is an important town for the region, the historic and touristic value of the area is actually at Jibla about 30 mins away by van. It was a nice hillside town. It is famous for its museum which was the Palace of Queen Arwa (1048–1138). She was reputed to be a […]
15 May 2006
Taizz stopover The plan for the day was to head to Taizz for a walkaround, before continuing to our nightstop at Ibb. We had breakfast of eggs, bread and tea at the hotel. Eelco went for a last walk in the old city of Zabid but we didn’t bother. To get to Taizz, we walked […]