Well we've been having a really nice time in Oman, after our first 2 nights in Muscat we spent the morning exploring Muscat old town before taking a bus south to a town called Sur.The bus took about 5 hours, once there we found our hotel and had an Indian meal at a roadside restaurant on the main street through town.The Omani football team had just won an important game against Iraq and a constant stream of cars drove around the main streets of town tooting their...

Hi everyone, well our time in the Middle East is starting to wind up, we only have just over a week to go until we're back in Sydney!We had a really nice relaxing time in Dahab, we didn't really do anything except sleeping, reading and eating - I think it was just what we needed after our busy time in Jordan!We left Dahab on the 30th, we took a bus which took us right around the bottom of the Sinai and back up the other side, the scenery was pretty much the same ...

Well the bus from Damascus to Amman didn't end up taking 7 hours which was a nice surprise!The bus was so cramped even my knees touched the seat in front, Greg had to have one leg in the aisle, which kept on getting knocked by people walking past much to his annoyance, and one leg partly in my leg space.The border crossing took a really long time with a huge security check before we could cross.On arrival in Amman we checked into our hotel, we had a room with a s...

Hi again, well from where I left off…we got a taxi from Bcharre (where I posted the last blog update) over the mountains to Baalbek.No public transport travels that route and in winter the road is closed because it's usually covered in snow.So we found a taxi and just had to pay for him to take us.What a hair-raising journey!!As we headed towards the mountains we went through a lot of very serious looking checkpoints, some of which had huge tanks with their can...

Hi, Alyssa here again.We're on our way to Baalbek from Tripoli in Lebanon right now but I'll start off from where I left off on the last blog entry… Well we paid a ridiculous amount of money for the train to Bayeux last Friday, but it was definitely worth it.It is such a cute little town, I would love to live there, it's really easy to walk around, there is an amazing cathedral and lots of beautiful shops and nice cafes and restaurants.We stayed at a nice B&...