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Samarkand, Khiva, Khokand, Bukhara - wonderful names that ring with the romance and mystery of the ancient Silk Road. I'm just home from my second visit to Uzbekistan (and a day in Tajikistan) with memory cards full of photos and my mind's eye even fuller of the sights and sounds of that extraordinary place. Updates to pages written after my first trip are slowly appearing, but whilst it may be some time before they're all done - meanwhile, here's a taste of some of the fabulous places we saw and people we met along the way
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|  | Ahlan Wa Sahlan! Welcome! Somewhere,
out beyond all ideas of right and wrong-doing
there is a field -
I'll meet you there.
Wise words from Rumi - ones that we all should carry in our hearts and minds as we travel. Wonderful as the sights and sounds and smells we encounter on our journeys are, it's the people we meet along the way that really matter.
Welcome to The House of TheWanderingCamel
Fellow travellers are always welcome here.
Join us for a while,
Listen to our tales,
Tell us of your own adventures
The Caravanserai is open.
(Can you work out where the people pictured here are from? They're all to be found somewhere on our travel pages)
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You are always welcome in the home of the Wandering Camel.
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| | So, just who are The Wandering Camels? We're a group of online friends with a shared love of travel - especially in the Middle East.
We thought it would be fun to share this page and our adventures. Some of the pages you'll find here are the work of just one of us - others such as Mexico and Paris are joint efforts.
You can add to our pages too. That camel you met on your travels might be one of our tribe. Send us a photo and if we detect a family likeness we'll add him/her to the family albums here. We'd love to have more.
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| | Leyle Syria is what brought me to TheWanderingCamel's caravanserai in the first place, but there are so many fantastic places that I've visited - and would love to return to one day.
2008 was a busy year, starting off with England and Lisbon in February then New Zealand at Easter. England (again) and Italy followed in June and July, then it was back back to Europe in September, to England again, Russia (St Petersburg, Moscow and a gorgeous autumn trip around the historic cities of the Golden Ring), Bosnia and Hercegovina for a few days in Sarajevo before a return to our favourite holiday spot - the gorgeous Croatian island of Brac.
2009 is flying by. March saw a return to Libya. June was back to Croatia for a spell of early summer sunshine by the Adriatic. A long-promised return to Uzbekistan in October for a group of friends will round the year off nicely.
And 2010?
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| | Meet Megypt =
Hi everyone,
I am Megypt, and my area of interest is the exotic Middle East. The very crossroads of civilization, this region is a never ending supply of history and culture.
My tips on Egypt and Cairo include lots of really practical hints from someone who has lived there - check them out. Leyle's responsible for the tourist tips.
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| | Next is Lulu Lulu's rather shy (this is a note from Leyle)- but she does know Jordan
very well indeed. The wonders of Petra, Wadi Rum's stark beauty, the ins and outs of Jordan's capital, Amman, are just some of the places you'll find on her pages, and her knowledge of them is that of a true insider.
Cornwall and Paris are also places she knows well and you'll find she has lots of local knowledge to impart.
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| | .. and Khadi Hi there, I am Khadi... I am not so good with introductions so I'll move on to something more interesting. Egypt! ...Visit the Egypt page, check out the tips and get to watch the Pyramids LIVE!
EGYPT!
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| | Living up to the name Wandering camels indeed - most of the original caravan have packed their saddlebags and headed off over the furthest dune, leaving just me, leyle, holding the fort.
March 2009 found me heading off for three wonderful weeks in Libya - a great place for camels. Here are some of the sights that caught my eye on that trip.
This time, as well as returning to Tripoli and the Sahara, our travels took us east to Cyrenaica - Libya's Jebel Akhdar, the Green Mountains, where the ruins of ancient Greek cities rival the splendors of Roman Leptis Magna in the west, tales of wartime heroism become real, and quiet homage is paid to Libya's greatest hero of modern times.
Croatia in June, Uzbekistan in October - it has been a good year.
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MM212 Sat Nov 7, 2009 13:50 UTC
Thanks Leyle! I definitely must return to see the rest of Jordan sometime soon - Momo | Skye2006 Sat Nov 7, 2009 11:20 UTC
You have a great page. I love it :D | RAJASTHANBYCAR Fri Nov 6, 2009 11:51 UTC
Dear Leyle very good work of your home page! | unaS Wed Nov 4, 2009 11:20 UTC
Thanks, but it is really more fantasizing at this point :( Maybe, just maybe... |
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