Train to Busan – Made it!
MB departed flight QR 838 from Doha into Incheon airport concourse, the international airport of Seoul, capital of S Korea. MB was traveling light, just a carry-on bag for his mini-Korea trip to visit...
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BUSAN, KOREA
A sad Busan story was recounted to MB by tour guide Mr Suyang Chang in recent days, concerning a fisherman, a mermaid and a dragon. The fisherman caught a mermaid Princess in his net and soon love...
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Sarajevo – The Jerusalem of Europe
MB took a short trip to Sarajevo, capital city of Bosnia & Herzegovina (B&H) during the recent Eid break. The city has much past and recent history which attracts tourists from all over the...
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Mostar
During MB’s recent seasons trip to Bosnia & Herzegovina, he took a day trip to the historic old town of Mostar. Mostar’s bridge is probably its most famous and loved asset, spanning the Neretva...
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Sarajevo – Religion
MB just corrected a mistake in an earlier ‘Sarajevo’ post. The real reason that Sarajevo is know as the Jerusalem of Europe is because of the coexistence of the major Abrahamic religions in the city,...
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A Sudani Wedding in Cairo
Many moons back, ‘Young Sudan Lad’ (aka YSL) featured in many of MB’s posts, from his days in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. People move on in life and a lot of Nile water may have passed under the bridge...
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A Sudani Wedding in Cairo – The Cave Church
With most of the day still to kill before the evening wedding party, guide & taxi driver Suliman suggested a visit to the Cave Church, in the Coptic Christian area quite close to the Cairo...
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A Sudani Wedding in Cairo – 3 Pyramids & A Sphynx
Did any of you believe for one moment that MB would land in Cairo for any reason and not give you all a full MB account of the Pyramids?! Three Pyramids at Giza. But there’s more to that pic than...
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A Sudani Wedding in Cairo – The Wedding
It was time for the wedding party. MB and BR donned their glad rags and headed to the wedding hall to join a few hundred Sudanis who had traveled from all over the globe to celebrate the wedding of...
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Tashkent, Uzbekistan
In 1219AD Ghengis Khan flattened Tashkent, then part of the Khwarazmian Empire. In early August 2024, MB and daughter MB2 travelled to take a look. Why Uzbekistan MB? And why Tashkent? A Tashkent...
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