Our reviewer takes a month long look at the kingdom of Jordan. In this video he visits the ancient Roman city of Jerash & the Dead Sea.
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Tony Wheeler, one of the founders of Lonely Planet, takes us back to the historical city Tripoli. The ancient citadels, mosques and baths will keep you amazed and the endless bazaars with an eclectic array of apparel on offer will make shopping an experience to remember.
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Tony Wheeler, one of the founders of Lonely Planet, visits Muscat in Oman. Drop your jaw at the over-the-top glamour of the Al Bustan and the Chedi hotels. Do check out the Sultan’s Palace on the Waterfront. And if you’re up for some shopping, there are plenty of bazaars to visit where your challenge is to purchase the most tacky souvenir. Tony’s prize is a mosque alarm clock.
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Tony Wheeler, one of the founders of Lonely Planet, reminisces on Shiraz, a very intellectual city of poetry and politics. Go to the Tombs of Hafez to witness the reverence for Iran’s most popular poet and just outside the city are the spectacular ruins of Persepolis. Unfortunately the only thing you can’t expect is, to enjoy a glass of Shiraz in Shiraz.
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Tony Wheeler, founder of Lonely Planet, presents his slideshow on two contrasting cities of Israel - the old historical and Holy City Jerusalem, versus the modern, hi-tech, business centre of Tel Aviv.
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Ibri, Oman is as sleepy and as otherworldly as it gets - see how some western teachers deal with life on an Mars.
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In the northern hinterlands of Oman’s Al Dhahira Region, classic Arabia meets the unexpected.
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Beirut is sometimes called the Paris of the Middle East. To me it’s more like Prague in August of 1968 - a hotbed of ideologues, impossibly min-bikinis and machine guns.
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Abeyyas and bikinis, sand & snow and the First & the Third World all meet and greet in a little place called Dubai, U.A.E.
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