Part of the Saturday Market is under a bridgePart of the Saturday Market is under a bridge We were looking forward to the arts and crafts Saturday morning market, but we ended up being a little disappointed by it. …

Namdaemun Market, SeoulNamdaemun Market, Seoul   We made not one, but 2 trips to Namdaemun Market – it’s that big.  Of course, it’s Korea, so it’s well organized with info booths with English speakers. …

Fruit for sale in Seomun Market, DaeguFruit for sale in Seomun Market, Daegu From Busan we traveled to Daegu.  From there it was easy to get to Haeinsa Temple by bus. …

The downtown pedestrian area at night.The downtown pedestrian area at night. This morning we got up and headed to Andong.  Went to the tourist info place on the way to the hotel and were instantly helped by someone in English (Koreans don’t speak English in general) and given a

Hisar Market After leaving the museum, we got hopelessly lost trying to find the citadel. We ended up in some areas where no tourists had ever been, trudging around the outside of city walls stepping in between piles of broken glass.…

The walls of the medina of Sousse In the morning we made our way by louage to Sousse. It’s a pretty frequent route. The louage station there is huge – a cavernous warehouse.…

Continuing south from El Jem, we were headed to Sfax. Our Lonely Planet indicated that the bus station was right outside the train station, but, well, it wasn’t there. It didn’t really exist – one simply has to stop on the road and wait for the bus.…

Grand Mosque in TunisThe next morning we headed off to the medina. First up, we wanted to visit the Great Mosque, as the courtyard is open to visitors only until 11AM.…

The wall that separates the West Bank from the rest of Israel. Well, yesterday we were quite busy. We went to Bethlehem first thing in the morning. We took a bus to the infamous wall and then walked through and then took a cab the 2 km (mile and a half) into town because we are lazy

Local ferry crossing to the West Bank, Luxor The next day we woke up early and headed back to the West Bank. Although we’d visited it already on our “tour” with Hamis Travel, we wanted to head back and actually see some things.…