Bella Italia in Naples
“This is Italy! Naples!” Marco points excitedly to the steep cliffs coming into view. “And behind the famous Amalfi coast, …
Author: Westwards
Touristy Tunisia – Roman ruins, beaches and some mosques
“Tunisia is wonderful and very different from Libya! It has a weather,” Fatia, a young Tunisian IT student we met …
Continue reading “Touristy Tunisia – Roman ruins, beaches and some mosques”
Carthage – Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam!
“And by the way, I think that Carthage should be destroyed!” Cato the Elder never forgot to mention this before …
Continue reading “Carthage – Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam!”
More Marvellous Marble in Libya
The rickety bus stops in Salloum, a small town in the far west of Egypt. From here private pick-up trucks …
From Cairo to the rainy oasis of Siwa
Ten years after World War I, the small oasis town of Siwa at the edge of the Western Desert was …
Waiting for a Libyan Visa – On Hold in Cairo
“How long have you been waiting?” smiles Sayed, our contact man in the Libyan embassy. “Only three-and-a-half hours – no …
Continue reading “Waiting for a Libyan Visa – On Hold in Cairo”
Egypt without visiting any Pharaonic sites
From the corner of our eyes we have noticed them staring at us, whispering and giggling, for the last five …
Continue reading “Egypt without visiting any Pharaonic sites”
Traditional Jordan and the mood for change
In the mid-tenth century, the small town of Aila on the Red Sea coast in Jordan went into decline. “We …
Continue reading “Traditional Jordan and the mood for change”
Petra – The Rose-Red City of the Nabateans
„…and you know, we could also try – ouhh!“ Natascha suddenly stops. Between the high vertical walls of the gorge …
Continue reading “Petra – The Rose-Red City of the Nabateans”
Edges of the Roman Empire in Jordan
„This Roman,“ the withered old caretaker mumbles from behind his red and white chequered scarf and points his staff to …
