Mount Nebo Jordan is one of the places to visit in the Middle East. I was surprised to learn that Jordan houses some of the most important religious landmarks related to Judaism and Christianity. Even though the Dead Sea and Petra are usually on everyone’s bucket list, visitors tend to overlook other special places that […]
Here are some Dead Sea facts one should know before traveling to Jordan. There are a few more locations (besides Petra) that are extremely interesting to visitors to this Middle Eastern country. One of them is the Dead Sea. This unique sea stretches between Israel and Jordan, and I just couldn’t wait to see it. […]
Every traveler knows that one of the stops in Jordan has to be the ancient city of Petra. It was in some movie (and it wasn’t Indiana Jones III) that I saw Petra for the first time. I was sure that it was just another movie set because I couldn’t believe that something like this […]
This post Amman Things to do is dedicated to the capital of Jordan given that the city is abundant in places to visit. Amman is a modern city with the usual traffic jams (Arabic style), cozy hotels, nice walkways, and shopping malls with shops from Starbucks to Prada. I had a lot of fun when […]
Here are some interesting facts about Jordan that I collected during my numerous trips to the Middle East. It’s easy to understand how impatient I was to visit the country if I tell you that I was so eager to go for a few years. I knew that I shouldn’t travel on my own, not […]
The time has come to visit one spectacular country in the Middle East which welcomed Lawrence of Arabia and Indiana Jones. The jewel of rose-colored sand and hidden ancient towns that offers a modern city experience with business districts and shopping malls, but also – Bedouin tents and camel rides. And that’s not all! One of the best-preserved Roman […]
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The news in September 2017 was so disturbing because not only that it was hurricane season in Cuba but a storm called Irma rushed through the island. Reports of the damage glued me to the TV screens for hours. The monster storm was tearing off roofs, wrecking the power grid, and damaging crops for a […]
Here are things to do in Trinidad Cuba since there really is a lot to see here. Even though Havana is not to be missed, it’s not the only place to visit. One of the reasons one comes to the island, besides beaches, rum, and samba, is the legacy of Che Guevara, the famous guerrilla […]
Cars in Cuba are deservedly regarded as true landmarks of the country. Since the energy crises of the late 1980s, when the Soviet Union and eastern European countries stopped supplying Cuba with the petrol it needed, “every possible means of transport has been used to get around the island”. I read this in a guidebook […]
Here are things to do in Havana after we covered what to see in Old Havana in the previous post. Remember that we were strolling around this old part of the Cuban capital? Well, we’ll just keep walking, since there are some beautiful spots to see in the Centro Habana. The next neighborhood, the very […]
The time has come in this travel series from Cuba for a post on what to see in Old Havana. This part of the city is so picturesque that it’s a must-see when traveling to the island. I took a short ride from my Varadero hotel every chance I got to visit different landmarks. I […]
I heard a lot about Cuba beaches before I came here and it was all true. The island is located in the Mexican Gulf, its shores are splashed by the Caribbean Sea, so you can immediately picture its landscape – the blue sky, beautiful horizon, crystal clear waters, white sands, and that incredible turquoise sea […]
Cuban rum has been popular since the 1500s. The one pirates loved and drank a lot is not the same as the one we can buy. (And I didn’t know anything about Cuban rum before I came to the country.) That ancient one was bitter and with a high percentage of alcohol. Still, pirates did […]
You can’t really come to Havana without tracing the path of Ernest Hemingway in Cuba. The great American author fell in love with the island during his first visit in 1932 and was initially attracted by the fishing he enjoyed so much. But it wasn’t until 1939 that he decided to move here. He bought […]
