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Iran ‘welcoming’

Travelers' Intercom, January 2008 issue
I read the interesting article about Jordan in the November ’07 issue. Toward the end, the author wrote, “With discerning Americans figuring out that Jordan is not Iraq, Iran, Syria or Lebanon. . .” The implication, to me, anyway, is that the four countries mentioned are to be avoided. Well, let me tell you, in September ...

“Discovering” treasures in Jordan’s deserts

Features, November 2007 issue
by Roger Canfield, Contributing Editor I must admit, I had low expectations of Jordan’s tourist attractions, not to mention concerns about my safety in that part of the world. But I was dead wrong. I found eye-popping sights and smiling people. Everyone’s mantra was “Enjoy,” and I did! Getting there is the hardest part On the first ...

Mideast & Mediterranean » Deir ez-Zor & its Armenian Genocide Memorial

Columns, July 2007 issue
Mideast & Mediterranean » Deir ez-Zor & its Armenian Genocide Memorial
By Ed Kinney, following the Euphrates River in Syria. See the May ’07 article. It is difficult for me to imagine Deir ez-Zor being anything but a friendly, laid-back town. When my wife, Moreen, and I visited there in 1997, locals waved and children followed us saying “Hallo,” and we’d reply likewise: “Mehaba.” But now Deir ...

All Around Persia

Travelers' Intercom, June 2007 issue
I was part of a group of eight friends who arranged a trip to Iran, Nov. 19-30, 2006, with the help of a guide, Saied Haji Hadi, or Hadi, at All Around Persia (Tehran, Iran; phone 0098-21-2357580 [or 81, 82 or 83], fax 2357584, e-mail info@allaroundpersia.com or visit www.allaround persia.com). All our correspondence was in ...

Mideast and Mediterranean » Following the Euphrates

Columns, May 2007 issue
Mideast and Mediterranean » Following the Euphrates
by Ed Kinney From Aleppo, Syria, to the Iraqi border Currently, the image of the Euphrates River is one of death and destruction as it flows slowly through the Baghdad area of Iraq. Lest we forget, hundreds of villages both in its historical past and still today have depended upon its waters as it travels from its ...

Phone rates as posted

Travelers' Intercom, May 2007 issue
I purchased a Mobal Communications phone to use on a trip to the Middle East, March 11-April 17, 2006. We started in Jordan and went on a ship through the Red Sea, the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean. When I got my bill, I noticed that some of the calls from the middle of the trip, ...

A month-long look at Turkey

Features, April 2007 issue
A month-long look at Turkey
by Judith Anshin, Contributing Editor Bora Özkök of Cultural Folk Tours has such passion and enthusiasm for the land of his birth, it’s downright contagious. I certainly was infected after spending 29 days traveling 5,500 miles with him from mid-April to mid-May 2006. In the early ’70s I spent time in Istanbul and Ephesus, but this ...

Focus on Archaeology » Castles in the desert

Columns, November 2006 issue
East of Amman, Jordan’s capital, stretches the desert, a seemingly endless empty expanse of land wedged in between Syria to the north, Iraq to the east and Saudi Arabia to the south. It’s mostly flat, dotted with low-growing shrubs, bushes and cacti. There are few roads here, but there are dozens of desert tracks crisscrossing ...

Mideast and Mediterranean » Should I Visit the Middle East?

Columns, November 2006 issue
Some friends shake their heads, and others are envious of Moreen and me for our travels in the Middle East. They ask, as do some ITN readers, if it is safe there for travelers. I can’t offer a definite yes or no, but I believe it’s relatively safe in many Middle Eastern countries. For example, I ...

A Cultural Tour of Turkey

Features, November 2006 issue
—by Steve Emmett, Solano Beach, CA It was already May of 2006 and time for another trip abroad, so after perusing issues of last year’s International Travel News and sending several e-mails to three different companies, my wife, Yuki, and I elected to use Cultural Folk Tours (San Diego, CA; 800/935-8875, www.boraozkok.com) for a trip to ...