Middle East – Inherit The Earth

Oman: Wadi you like?

I AM SITTING in an air-conditioned Toyota FWD, doing what feels like 70mph, when the ground ahead suddenly disappears from view. The front end of the vehicle drops sickeningly, while girly screams echo from the people (not all of them female) in the back seat. Then we hit the side of the massively steep dune,Continue reading “Oman: Wadi you like?”

Beirut 2004: The good times roll

AFTER ONLY a few hours in Beirut, I wonder how these wonderfully warm and kind people could ever have fought a bloody civil war so recently. Stepping outside my hotel to take a taxi, or just trying to cross the road, and that question almost answers itself. Whether it’s homicidal or suicidal tendencies, Lebanon’s driversContinue reading “Beirut 2004: The good times roll”