Tag Archives: Arabia

The Marco Polo of the Middle East

By Tom | Published: April 30, 2010
While I was trav­el­ling through Europe, people would some­times smile and jok­ingly pass ref­er­ence to Marco Polo, the medi­eval Italian mer­chant who brought home epic tales of Asia, now immor­tal­ised as one of history’s great adven­tur­ers, and whose exper­i­ences neither I nor any­one else stand the slight­est chance of recre­at­ing in today’s world. While I [...]
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Cycling The Middle East And North Africa — A Photography Exhibition in Yerevan

By Tom | Published: March 9, 2010
While I real­ise that a great deal of my read­ers won’t be in Yerevan this Fri­day the 12th of March, I feel that it’s import­ant to put the word out about my first ever pho­to­graphy exhib­i­tion — or any kind of exhib­i­tion, for that matter. Thanks to the Armenian Centre for Con­tem­por­ary Exper­i­mental Art, forty [...]
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Now And Next For A Long-Term Bicycle Adventurer

By Tom | Published: November 6, 2009
Recently I’ve been shar­ing what I’ve learnt over the last couple of years of adven­tur­ing. As a res­ult, the blog’s read­er­ship has never been higher, and it’s great to know that people are find­ing it use­ful and enter­tain­ing — it motiv­ates me to keep writing. But if you’ve been a reader for a while, you [...]
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Images From Two Years On The Road

By Tom | Published: October 10, 2009
Travel offers envi­able oppor­tun­it­ies for devel­op­ing cre­at­ive skills such as pho­to­graphy. I’ve enjoyed tak­ing these shots immensely, and I hope you enjoy view­ing this whittled-down selec­tion of what I think are my best snaps of all. Only the first few pho­tos are shown here. It’s bet­ter to go and view the com­plete album on Flickr or [...]
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Political Conundrum Affects Man On Bike (Again)

By Tom | Published: July 1, 2009
Just as Tenny’s par­ents were ready­ing the doc­u­ments needed to issue a formal invit­a­tion for me to obtain a visa, the Ira­nian pres­id­en­tial elec­tions took place, fol­lowed by a fort­night of dip­lo­matic snip­ing which left Anglo-Iranian rela­tions even more strained than before. I woke every morn­ing to silence from the Ira­nian For­eign Min­istry, and gradu­ally [...]
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