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• The Old Forge

  

  I am always excited when we go to the UK for holiday. Yes, I have been there many times before and each time we go to different places and thus we experience... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Photographing Burj Khalifa

  

  This is my first time to see The New Dubai and Burj Khalifa, and as we are to meet Keith’s daughter and her new baby the next day, I thought I’d better to let i... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The New Dubai and Burj Khalifa

  

  I have lived in Doha, Qatar for almost 8 years. Yes, I was in Bahrain in between, but overall for almost 8 years I lived in the Middle East as an expat. Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Great Mosque of Aleppo

  

  Initially I didn’t intend to show pictures or write about mosque in my Syrian series anymore, but this morning, I heard the news that the Minaret of one of the... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Souq of Aleppo

  

  As a normal woman, I love shopping, from grocery shopping in Carrefour Supermarket, to a fancy boutique to try on expensive new clothes by having the shop... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Souk of Aleppo

  

  As a normal woman, I love shopping, from grocery shopping in Carrefour Supermarket, to a fancy boutique to try on expensive new clothes by having the shop... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Umayyad Mosque

  

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  Posted on 12 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Damascus, In and Out the Old City

  

  It was 2 years a go that we visited Damascus for a guided tour across Syria (read: The Old City of Damascus). But as we arrived in 2 days ahead of the tour, we... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Qatar’s New Airport

  

  When I landed in Doha for the first time back in 2005, I was surprise that I had to take the stairs and walk on the runway to the bus to take me to the airport... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Budapest’s Architecture

  

  When we arrived in Budapest, I was not impressed at all by the cityscape. The arrival terminal was a bit old, even though the taxi driver who was in charge of... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Saturday Lunchtime

  

  As a Middle East expat, I think we work harder than other expats who work in a ‘normal’ world. Yes, we work 6 days a week and at least a 50 hour week. And our... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Visiting St Stephen’s Basilica

  

  Our last day in Budapest we are waiting for an evening flight back to Doha and a whole day to kill, we decided to visit St. Stephan Basilica, the largest... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Budapest in Pictures

  

  I sort of half promised myself to post a gallery of pictures at least once a month on day one of each month. This month I meant to post this earlier, however,... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Visiting Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest.

  

  Budapest, zsinagóga (Photo credit: Wikipedia)As a good tourist, we decided to visit one of the few special buildings in Budapest, which is the synagogue of the... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Short Break in Budapest

  

  Chain Bridge behind the moving lights of the trafficI was excited when we decided to have a short holiday in Budapest, as this will be my first time to go... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Applying for Schengen Visa

  

  Example for filling in a German Schengen visa, old type (Photo credit: Wikipedia)As a person who has caught the travel bug, ideally he or she can travel... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Winter

  

  This year winter in the Europe was really unfriendly, especially for my friends and relatives who lives in the UK or going back to the UK. Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• 2012 in Review

  

  OK, I must admit that I was not very diligent in posting and updating my blog. That is why it reflect on the statistic of this blog; not many posts and not as... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Pearl Qatar

  

  Qatar has an affluent development going on, it started of in 2005 and up to now still building. However now it’s already taking shapes and inhabited, this is... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• New Year, New Content and Maybe New Face….

  

  Last year I had a good start on blogging, but suddenly toward the second half of the year, I did not manage to keep up the good work I’ve done earlier.Now,... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL