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By Irene Butler - Since tales of Aladdin swept my imagination away on a magic carpet in grade school, my desire to journey through the Arabian Peninsula has not waned. Sixty years later, I am to realize this dream. My husband Rick and I arrive in Qatar, the small country that jets into the Arabian Sea like a thumb off Saudi Arabia’s border, to discover how this culture steeped in tradition has melded with modernity. Continue reading Senior Living Magazine Visit our Qatar Photo Gallery
by Irene Butler, Published in WhatTravelWritersSay E-Zine. and Travel Writers Tales A sense of tranquility wraps around us as we gaze at white latticed buildings and mosques wedged between charcoal mountains and the royal blue Gulf waters. The heat of the sun is tempered by gentle breezes. Our walk along the seaside promenade is filled with alluring detours; a stop at the fish market to watch the buyer-frenzy over the day’s catch, a climb up stone steps to forts clinging to the cliffs – remnants of Portuguese rule. My husband Rick and I are in the historic Muttrah district...
Part 1 – Our arrival into Israel, Tel Aviv & off-the-beaten-path to the Gaza Strip border Part 2 – Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Masada Part 3 – Circumnavigating the Sea of Galilee & the Golan Heights Israel – Part 1 – Our arrival into Israel, Tel Aviv & off-the-beaten-path to the Gaza Strip border. Looks are deceiving…the bus from Dahab toTaba (the border town between Egypt and Israel) looked in great shape- not scratched or dented on the outside, nicely upholstered on the inside. About half an hour out of Dahab a beeping alarm sounded. The driver pulled over and he,...
By Irene Butler Pics by Rick The Sinai Peninsula is a stunning desertscape of rugged limestone and granite mountains with substantial areas of shifting sand. This striking terrain rolls right into the turquoise waters of the Red Sea with its prized water ecology, which although we are not divers or into wind-surfing, was where we wanted to be – Dahab. Based around a Bedouin village, this town flaunts a fabulous tourist strip along the water with hotels, cafes, restaurants, grocery stores, souvenir shops, and (though we did not count) 100 diving schools. Sinai Photos/
By Irene Butler Pics by Rick Hashemite? I had to look this up. The Hashemite trace their ancestry back to the great-grandfather of Prophet Muhammad. In the Kingdom of Jordan the current ruler from this line is His Majesty King Abdulla II, who ascended to the throne in 1999. He has continued to follow his father’s commitment to create a positive moderating role within the Arab region and the world. There was a chill in the air when we arrived in the capital of Amman, so after one night we took a “Jett Bus” south to Aqaba for the...
