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Turkey
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A week after my trip and my memory had already faded.

I have slept ten thousands nights in the past. So many nights, so many dreams, yet I remembered not one of them. My life, when it eventually drives to its ending, will be obliterated into another lost dream.

Syria
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Dawn, wild dogs barked in the background. The barks echoed around the ruins, from directions that could not be identified.

I was afraid to move, but not of getting bitten by the dogs. I was worried: if I took the wrong step, I might send myself to the circle of the wild dogs and brought misfortune to myself that could have been avoided -- So I was afraid of making decisions, not the dogs.

Jordan
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On the top of Umm Biyara, I owned the whole mountain.

I shared the top with the lamentable ghosts of Sela instead of the annoying camel riders and with the one who doesn't sleep nor slumber instead of the one who sell cold drinks.

Egypt
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I overheard the conversation of the Columbian soldier at the temple of Philae: "What I enjoy most are not the great temples or the infallible wonders, they are all nice and impressive, but I like something much simpler, like sitting on a boat watching the river flows…"

There're things I have to do and there're things I like to do. I guess I have to visit the Pyramids but what I like most is walking into the desert by myself, climbing an unnamed hill and watching the sun lazily dropping into the horizon.



From Istanbul to Cairo

Tavel with my shadow...
I traveled with my shadow
to far and unknown places,
wandering pass long lost ruins,
straddling through crumpled walls,
the sky is my sleeping bag,
the earth is my camp,
as long as there's luxury buses
with air-conditioning,
and budget hotels
with reasonable prices,
I will always be
a happy camper.....

--
by

Day to day

Day Date Week Place
Turkey (21 days) Budget US$600
0 9/29/01 Saturday Flight from Vancouver
1 9/30/01 Sunday Istanbul
2 10/1/01 Monday Istanbul
3 10/2/01 Tuesday Bergama
4 10/3/01 Wednesday 3 Cities
5 10/4/01 Thursday Ephesus
6 10/5/01 Friday Afrodisias
7 10/6/01 Saturday Pamukkale
8 10/7/01 Sunday Bodrum
9 10/8/01 Monday Feithiye
10 10/9/01 Tuesday Chimaera
11 10/10/01 Wednesday Olimpos
12 10/11/01 Thursday Goreme
13 10/12/01 Friday Goreme
14 10/13/01 Saturday Ihlara Valley
15 10/14/01 Sunday Aksaray
16 10/15/01 Monday Goreme
17 10/16/01 Tuesday To Malatya
18 10/17/01 Wednesday Malatya
19 10/18/01 Thursday Mount Nemrut
20 10/19/01 Friday Nemrut to Antakya
21 10/20/01 Saturday Antakya (to Aleppo)
Syria (6 days) Budget US$200
22 10/21/01 Sunday Aleppo
23 10/22/01 Monday Hama/Crusader's Castle
24 10/23/01 Tuesday Dead Cities
25 10/24/01 Wednesday Palmyra
26 10/25/01 Thursday To Damscus
27 10/26/01 Friday Damscus
Jordan (7 days) Budget US$200
28 10/27/01 Saturday Amman
29 10/28/01 Sunday Petra
30 10/29/01 Monday Petra
31 10/30/01 Tuesday Petra
32 10/31/01 Wednesday Wadi Rum
33 11/1/01 Thursday Wadi Rum
34 11/2/01 Friday Aqaba to Nuweiba

Egypt (14 days) Budget US$400

35 11/3/01 Saturday Sinai
36 11/4/01 Sunday Luxor
37 11/5/01 Monday Luxor
38 11/6/01 Tuesday Aswan
39 11/7/01 Wednesday Fluecca
40 11/8/01 Thursday Fluecca
41 11/9/01 Friday Fluecca
42 11/10/01 Saturday Bus to Oasis
43 11/11/01 Sunday Farafra
44 11/12/01 Monday Bahariyya
45 11/13/01 Tuesday Cairo
46 11/14/01 Wednesday Cairo
47 11/15/01 Thursday Alexandra
48 11/16/01 Friday Cairo
49 11/17/01 Saturday Flight to Vancouver

 


eTrex GPS Waypoints and Tracks in G7toWin Format. It has most of the Point of Interest from Turkey to Egypt (you can download this if you have a eTrex GPS). Then you don't need to hunt for POI, hotels and restaurants and just point and go.
To see the gadgets for my trip, please go to the gadget page.

Total cost for trip: Land US$1470.37 + Air US$911.9
Mostly hotels with private bath room, sometimes with air.

Two weeks after world trade center,
ruins were quiet and mountains were empty.




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