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The King's Highway
Posted on 9:22am Wednesday 15th October 2008
Do you know what is so great about Aqaba ferry terminal ? Nothing. Its a huge, noisy concrete monstrosity with bright lights, big lorries moving 24 hours a day and a horrendous PA system. So here I am, lying in my tent next to some roadworks, deep in the heart of Aqaba ferry terminal car park enjoying the space and blog writing. Its been yet another long hard day.
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One bad turn ...
Posted on 9:12am Wednesday 15th October 2008
Sometimes you come to a fork in the path and have to make a decision. Sometimes its the right one, sometimes not. We are currently still ploughing up and down some horrific mountains on our poor, hard working bus now instead of wandering around Petra.
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Castles in the sky
Posted on 9:14am Wednesday 15th October 2008
The road to Crac De Chevalier is a yellow one on the map. In reality it is a narrow, windy route through a hillside town up to the summit where there is perched one of the biggest and most impressive castles I have ever seen.
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Homage to Mr Gaffer
Posted on 9:15am Wednesday 15th October 2008
I would just like to take a moment to pay my sincere respects to the inventor of gaffer tape. Mr Gaffer, you have done us proud and without you, this trip would have been a lot more difficult. Currently we have a number of items held together by gaffer tape. My camera battery charger, the dashboard and the beer fridge to name a few.
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Past half way
Posted on 9:20am Wednesday 15th October 2008
Distance wise that is. The Turkey/Syria border is approximately 4400km from both Weymouth and Addis.
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From Bulgarian border to Turkish delight
Posted on 8:46am Tuesday 7th October 2008
After a brief stop in a Serbian hypermarket for some non-essentials I took over the driving for a brief non-motorway section in to Bulgaria. It turned out to be an incredibly intense session, leaving me frazzled.
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