Posts Tagged "Middle East"
Posted on December 5, 2011 in Trip Ideas
As we make our way into the heart of holiday season, thoughts of Christmas presents, Menorahs, and kinaras may come to mind. However, around the world and throughout time, many different holidays have been celebrated in this month... Continue reading Ten Other Holidays in December
Posted on April 5, 2011 in Photos
Can IgoUgo have a Blue Period? We’d like to, but it seems a little presumptuous to compare ourselves to Picasso... Continue reading Photos of the Week: Blue Dream
Posted on November 21, 2010 in Traveler of the Week
We’re glad our Traveler of the Week used to have a lame job and started losing his cricket form. He attributes his past years of worldwide traveling to those factors, and the result is experiences in China, Mongolia, Korea, Turkey, and now Oman... Continue reading Traveler of the Week’s Notes on Life in the Desert
Posted on July 9, 2010 in Traveler of the Week
Here’s a travel feat: We went on a magical tour of the Middle East this week with nary a vacation day used. Our secrets? TravelerJeff and his trusty camera... Continue reading Traveler of the Week Photographs the Middle East
Posted on January 29, 2010 in Trip Ideas
It’s been four years since Overlander’s last trip journal, but it was worth the wait: with his new reviews, IgoUgo’s Oman expert introduces us to the delights of the Musandam Peninsula... Continue reading Why the Musandam Peninsula Should Be on Your Radar
Posted on December 9, 2009 in Trip Ideas
Last we heard from Owen Lipsett, 2006 had just begun and he was writing about Cordoba, Spain. We’re happy to report that the history buff has returned to writing with tales from a less celebrated--but equally superlative--town: Kabak, Turkey... Continue reading Kick Back in Kabak with a Stay at the Olive Garden
Posted on September 28, 2009 in Photos
Englishman garymarsh6 is a self-proclaimed “big kid” who “shakes with excitement before going on holiday.” So what better plaything for the youthful traveler than a gigantic, colorful balloon? He hopped in one for a bird’s-eye view of Luxor... Continue reading Balloons Over Luxor: New Views of Ancient Egypt
Posted on July 6, 2009 in Trip Ideas
Dagmar Pelzer has been an IgoUgo member for eight years, but we’ve never seen her write as passionately about a trip as she does now. Her stories of excess in the UAE support her characterization of Dubai as a place "where everything is possible.".. Continue reading Dagmar Pelzer Does the Fabulous Hotels of Dubai
Posted on May 29, 2009 in Trip Ideas
For his first journal in a year, Mutt presents “Ankara: One Man’s Dream.” So, naturally, we thought he’d been busy on an unusual (and, for him, seemingly easy) quest to visit Ankara. Not so; the title dreamer is actually Turkey’s founder... Continue reading A Dream Tour of Ankara, Turkey
Posted on February 17, 2009 in Trip Ideas
Wherever Poole Party goes, her children aren’t far behind. And though the family’s wanderings are exotic, the littlest Pooles sound awfully well-behaved, proving they’re as mesmerized by their mom’s masterful kid-friendly itineraries as we are... Continue reading Poole Party Conquers 4 Continents with 3 Kids