Hani on travel, technology and life
July 8, 2006 | In: Europe, Photography, Travel
A 4-hour flight to Frankfurt, a 50 minute layover and another one and half hour flight and I landed in Barcelona. An hour later I found my hostel, tucked away in a remote corner of Plaza Real off Las Ramblas. I checked in, threw my pack in the locker and...
June 15, 2006 | In: Europe, Travel
First of all, an apology is due for Mike & Jason for bailing out on the Central America trip. That said, I am in Bareclona, Spain now...the first stop of a 3 week trip to Europe. Armed with a rail pass, I drafted a flexible trip plan that is...
June 4, 2006 | In: Internet, Photography, Travel, blogs
One of my pictures got picked for Gadling's Photo of the day, which is a big deal. Sort of. Thanks...
May 12, 2006 | In: Africa, Photography, Travel
Tripoli, Libya May 2006
April 17, 2006 | In: Photography, Travel
The epicurean Burj Al Arab Hotel as seen from Jumeira City, Dubai
March 13, 2006 | In: Culture, Travel, diving
Despite worries of freezing water, poor visibility and unhappy weather gods, Mike and I managed to go under in Alexandria last weekend on a two-day trip planned since last fall. But make no mistake, the water was freezing and visibility was near zero....
February 3, 2006 | In: General, Travel
A survey on World66 ranks the Egyptians number 7 out of the top ten most travelled people of the world, with an average of 21 countries visited. According to the survey, the Swiss are the most travel savvy, and Americans are the least (not the ones I...
December 16, 2005 | In: Travel
This year?s third round of my Middle East student recruitment forays involved a trip to the UAE. Landed in Dubai to discover that the Hilton, responsible for arranging my visa, has ?slightly? screwed up and sent it to Abu Dhabi airport instead of Dubai....
October 25, 2005 | In: Internet, Travel, Video
Comrade blogger Mike put me on to YouTube.com, basically its kind of like Flickr for video. Pretty cool. So I am trying it out with posting a video of myself displaying my amazing foot dribbling skills on the beach in Muscat, Oman, from last March. (I...
October 1, 2005 | In: Travel
The question might appear to be simple enough: What is the criteria for a "countable" visit to a country? Or, when can you rightfully claim to having been to any given country? The answer turned out to be highly debatable though. Some argue that you...
