Travel Blogs Middle East

Our journey through the Middle East started in Kyrgyzstan and took us all the way through Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Armenia and Azerbaijan. One of the places we've visited in Kyrgyzstan was Karakol, popular for its Issyk Kul Lake.

The Issyuk Kul Lake is a major drawn card of this region and a lot of hikers and adventure seekers come here to challenge their survival...

Before heading to a new travel destination we always do some research and read up on the customs and traditions of the country we're travelling to. We did the same for Azerbaijan since we had never been there before.

We travelled from Armenia to Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, where we rented an appartment for the following three weeks. The owner of the building had offered to...

The Kuwait Towers dominate the skyline of Kuwait City and from its observation desk you can get the best panoramic view of the city, looking out over the harbour, the coastline and the city centre.

Kuwait City today is a very modern and developed city and slowly recovered from its bad conditions after the war with Iraq.

The city is well organized, clean and has a lot of great places to visit like the traditional souq markets but also the more commercial shopping malls.

The recently constructed esplanade makes the coastline of Kuwait City also a very attractive...

Manama is the capital of Bahrein with a beautiful skyline and a very developed city centre. The CBD of the city is packed with tall skyscrapers and compared to the rolling sand dunes on the rest of the island this city really stands out.

Manama has two pair of twin towers, the ones of the Bahrein World Trade Centre and those of the Bahrain Financial Harbor which look out over the...

The Murree Hills are located in the north of Pakistan and known as country's most popular hill station.

The town of Murree can be easily reached from the capital of Islamabad, about an hour and a half by car, and most residents of head to the hills during their holidays.

Eventhough Murree is a popular summer resort with the Pakistani people living in Islamabad...