good morning freinds of gillyloves69 this is going to be a travelling year for me ! what about you ? ( Archived) (17)

doi you want to travel anywhere special this year ?

for me its new york new york



florida florida




malaysia malaysia




when last did you have a good holiday ?...and where did you go ? the last place was to visit family in florida ..and had a great time !

Hiya Gilly,
Trlavel...brilliant!
Well yes off to ireland very soon so I will pack some sunshine in my suitcase.
I recently spent three years in the middle east so got to really see alot of beautiful unexplored places including muslim only cities.... I rode around Morocco on a motorcycle..now that was totally awesome!! Lebanon and Jordan were also wonderful.
The biggest adventure I had was trying to get 5 goats to a Sudanese village...now that is another story!!
The world is full of such rich and colourful tapestries.....

where are you know then zara ?




oh i forgot to say good morning !...hellloooooo god morning zara !




what part of the middle east were you at then ?




you know thats one place i don't fancy is the middle east



always wanted to wear one of those morrocan red hats though !



what do those hats symbolise then?

tell us the story about trying to get 5 goats to a sudanese village



because one thing i notice about you is that you do tell a good story !




i might have to go out for a while though




by the way what were you doing in these places /..and who did you go with

i'll chat when i get back .....but do you know that i've not lefted the country for 17 years nomindgames !




what countries have you visited then ?

He-he so many questions Gilly...you are the curious one!
I am in Australia on the northern coast right on the beach with the waves lapping at my back door...yes it is heaven but I cannot wait to get to Ireland....
The middle east was fantastic, so many places more than the war zone ones and geographically it is really full of innate beauty....

Ah yes the Fez hat...you would look rather cool in one of those. It was originally worn by the greeks but adopted by the turks first worn by the ottoman court but soon emulated by the public....it is suitable for muslim men as they can still press their head to the ground during prayer...sorry I wont ramble on, history is my favourite subject....

The goats...umm yes, well my friend lives in Sudan and after his village showed me much hospitality, I decided to give the gift of five goats to them. One of the villagers would be elected the herdsman, the goats provide milk and once they have kids they would be given to the neighbouring village and so on....Each year during Hajj they sacrifice a goat in honour of me...Ha! I am now officially a goat-herder!!
Well lets just say it took many hours by horrible busted van, two flat tyres, twelve men sitting on the roof speaking only arabic and no air-conditioning to arrive with the goats....ummm I don't care to ever smell one again!!!!

I worked in the middle east for a princess but also travelled with bedoiun people, as I already said history is my favourite subject and I tend to explore the world with first handed clumsiness.....

Have fun Gilly
Zarah

how interesting ! lots to talk about there zara !




i love history sa well ...could never get enough of history !




what was it like working for the princess then ?

theres lots of questions to ask there ...did you go to the holy land ? how did you find it living in a muslin world ?

i love the way you said

" history is my favourite subject and I tend to explore the world with first handed clumsiness "

thats a great way to be ...and also a great way of really mixing iwth people



please don't be afraid to talk about history for as long as you want ....



what type of history do you like talking about the most ??



" Ah yes the Fez hat...you would look rather cool in one of those. It was originally worn by the greeks but adopted by the turks first worn by the ottoman court but soon emulated by the public....it is suitable for muslim men as they can still press their head to the ground during prayer...sorry I wont ramble on, history is my favourite subject...."

please ramble on as long as you like zara .................

would you go back there ?

and by the way whats the entertainment like in this muslin countries every evening ?

Shukran Zarah.

afwan