Archive for the ‘Middle East’ Category

As an opener, I am going to borrow Mike's statement on Saudi Arabia. Welcome to Saudi Arabia. Please Turn your watches back 500 years I think that's pretty right on. Make a note, however, that this is not a statement made to imply anything negative, it...

April 24, 2007 | In: Middle East, Travel

Cattle class comedy

I just returned to Cairo from a short trip Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Nothing too exciting, but the flight back was great. A guy in the seat in front of me was a first time flier and scared shitless. He kept jumping off his seat and shouting things like...

The path from the airplane door to the entrance to our hotel in Kuwait was reminiscent of a classic video game: you have to overcome multiple hurdles, or levels if you will, to get to the next, until you reach your final destination. First up was the...

November 4, 2006 | In: Middle East, Travel

Middle East touring redux

So I am in Amman on the first leg of the usual annual tour. Great to meet up with old trip buddies as always. On Thursday we went to Tafileh, a rural town a couple hour south (?) of Amman. Funny day. After the fair, they took us on this "tour" of the...

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This is the personal web dwelling of Hani Morsi, a connoisseur of fine caffeinated liquids, aficionado of the fascinating, and adventure opportunist who lives in Cairo, Egypt. More about Hani...

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