Istanbul Turkey 土耳其伊斯坦布尔 1/2016 (1)
9-13 This trip I want to talk turkey. What I see is what you get. I want to go to Egypt, but I also want to see Turkey. These are two very big countries to take in during one trip.…
Category See Turkey at the cross road, live back 3000 years in ancient Egypt, and wake up at modern Dubai, in 2 weeks 两周欧亚土耳其，三千年古老埃及，梦醒迪拜 1/2016
Ephesus, Pamukkale, Kusadasi Turkey 土耳其以弗所和其他 1/2016 (2)
11-13 From Istanbul, I headed to Ephesus, a place in the Bible and the name of one of its books, to see what was left of it. Sadly, much of it has been reduced to rubble, in many cases, only…
Cairo Egypt 埃及开罗 1/2016 (3)
14-17 Egypt is synonymous with pyramids. Raised on the vast and harsh ground of the desert, these were built to loom large and to reach for the sky. Under the blue sky, the triangle clearly points to the heavens, perhaps…
Luxor Egypt – Part 1 埃及卢克索 – 上集 1/2016 (4)
18 I barely recovered from being awestruck by the pyramids and sphinx before taking the train to Luxor. This was indeed where the ancient Egyptians of power thought about their mortality, dreamed of immortality. One after another, they kept coming—tombs,…
Luxor Egypt – Part 2 埃及卢克索 – 下集 1/2016 (5)
19 Not many things are still standing after more than 3,000 years. Here in Luxor, sure, some are headless, without an arm and a leg, dismembered, disfigured, others in tatters, even pulverized. Notwithstanding the odd missing pieces of the jigsaw…
Dubai UAE 迪拜酋长国杜拜 1/2016 (6)
23-24 For the past nine days, I was stuck back in time, more than 3,000 years ago. I witnessed antique coffins of dignitaries from time immemorial, ancient tombs hidden deep in the desert ground, wall inscriptions few today understand, temples…