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Accommodation Middle East
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City / Country |
Hotel/Camping |
Costs in US $ |
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Restaurant /Food |
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Bergama (former Pergamon Turkey 02.04.2001 |
email: aydinathena@hotmail.com |
6.30 $ per night Bargained down from 10$ down because off season Double |
Y |
N |
H |
Everything is super! The place has a great friendly atmosphere with a great staff. Aydin is the nicest guy we have met so far. Really helpful and will show you everything on his home computer. Great CD on Pergamon. |
We ate great pasta at the Pension Athena |
Tasted great and we cooked together |
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Istanbul Turkey 04.04.2001 |
Hostel Ararat (We have no address, but the manager will find you around the Blue Mosque) |
10 $ per night Bargained down from 12$ down because off season but without breakfast Double |
Y |
N |
H |
The place was dirty and not too nice, but they had free coffee and tea. |
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Kusadasi Turkey 08.04.2001 |
Hotel Sezgin Zafer Sokak 15 Tel: 614-6489 |
10 $ per night without Breakfast (off season price) Double |
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Y |
H |
Really nice place with a friendly staff that speak German and English |
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Goereme Turkey 10.04.2001 |
Berlin Camping on the right hand side on the road to the Open-Air Museum |
4 $ Camp |
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Decent place, close to town |
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Hama Syria 12.04.2001 |
RIAD Hotel Sharia al - Quwatli tel: 239-512 |
7 $ Dorm |
N |
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H |
Clean and really nice and helpful staff. |
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Palmyra Syria 13.04.2001 |
New Afqa Hotel Near the bus stop in town Tel: 910-386 |
4$ per night Slept on the Roof |
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C |
Crazy but really nice manager. |
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Damascus Syria 14.04.2001
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Al-Haramein Hotel Sharia Bahsa Tel: 231-9489 |
5.4 $ per night slept on the roof |
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H |
Clean and charming place with a helpful staff. Hot Showers 24 h Toilet really small. |
2 chickens rice, salad and bread |
ok not worth the 200 sp |
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Beirut Lebanon 18.04.2001 |
Pension Home Valery Ein Mrisee - Phoenicia Str Saab Bldg - 2nd Floor Tel: 01-362-169 |
10 $ in double room w/o shower |
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C |
Clean, on the second floor. Staff friendly, but did not know where a Internet Cafe was |
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Tripoli Lebanon 20.04.2001 |
Pension Haddad Lebanon Tripoli Tell Sq Near Fahim Cafe' Tel: 00961 /3-507709 * 00961 /3-361349
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14 $ w/o Breakfast Double |
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H |
The best place we have stayed in till now, clean, friendly, and a warm hearted family. Just want to say thanks for a great two days. We hope to visit them again!! Hello Grandma Georgette !! |
We were invited by the family for dinner, great typical Lebanese meal Thanks !! |
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Amman Jordan 23.04.2001 |
Basman Hotel Basman Street, Amman Jordan (across from the old Mosque)
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4.30 $ w/o shower Double |
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Clean simple place, staff friendly, gave us a tea |
We were bad and had western food! |
6.50 $ |
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Jerusalem Israel 24.04.2001 |
Faisal Youth Hostel Hanivim St. No. 4 East Jerusalem P.O. Box 51810 Tel: 026287502 |
10 $ Dorm |
Y |
N |
H |
Clean place that has free coffee and tea all day. Friendly staff & helpful with all questions. Also has kitchen to cook your own meals. Very relaxing atmosphere. |
Maren cooked a rice meal with pineapples and onions. Tasted great. |
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Tel Aviv Israel 27.04.2001 |
Hayarkon 48 Hostel Hayarkon 48 Street Tel Aviv Israel Tel: 03-5168989 |
21 $ in dorm room. Including light breakfast and free coffee all day |
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H |
The place in very clean, fully equipped kitchen and nice showers. Internet also available. Helpful Staff. However very expensive. Tel Aviv generally really expensive. Not like in the rest on the middle east. |
2 x Falafel |
4 $ |
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Akko Israel 28.04.2001 |
Paul's Hostel Old Akko Tel: 991-2857 |
10 $ slept in a 20 bed dorm. |
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H |
We slept in a 20 bed dorm all alone. Not a single other person here. Weird, but it was ok. |
2 x Beer and Potato Chips at night over looking the sea. |
4 $ |
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Tiberias Israel 29.04.2001 |
Aviv Hotel Hagalil St. Tiberias Tel: 06-6720007
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15 $ for dorm room. Almost like a real hotel room |
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Y |
Y |
Really nice hotel, Actually too nice for us. The dorm rooms were like hotel rooms in a three star hotel. |
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Wadi Mousa - Petra Jordan 01.05.2001
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Valentine Inn P.O. Box 205 Wadi Mousa - Petra Tel: 079518337 email: valentineinn@hotmail.com |
5.70 $ Dorm |
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N |
Y |
We would not recommend this place. We have heard awful stories about this place. It was a weird place to stay. |
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Wadi Rum (Bedouin Tent + Tour of Desert) 03.05.2001 |
Mohammed Sabah Al-Zalabeh
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43 $ + Tour of Desert |
N (only in Moh- priv. |
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Can not recommend him more. We had a time of our life. See our diary for more. May 04, 2001 |
Bedouin Meal (1st night Rice and chicken) (2nd night: Chicken, Potatoes &Onions |
Great meal both times. The second night they cooked in an under ground hole |
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Dahab Egypt 05.05.2001
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Venus Camp Mashraba |
3.90 $ Double |
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H |
We stayed in a bungalow. It was half way clean. Simple but had a fan. Friendly staff that will organize a trip to Mt. Sinai |
Sharks Restaurant |
Huge Portions, Great Value but no alcohol License. Taste great. |
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Cairo Egypt 11.05.2001 |
Sultan Hotel 4, Suk El Tewfikia St., Ezbekia -Cairo Tel: 57772258 -5771925 |
6.50 $ Double |
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H |
It is not the cleanest place, but one of the cheapest places to stay in Cairo. The staff seems to be friendly. |
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Koshari Everyday (Noodles, Rice, fried onion, chic peas, lentils mixed together) Real Cheap |
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Aswan Egypt 17.05.2001 |
Noorhan Hotel (on a left side street as you come into town from the train station) |
3.12 $ Double |
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H |
Descent place, clean for the most part. Best deal we could find in town. |
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Koshari (Still the best deal for your money. For a 1.5 two people have a meal. |
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Nile Felucca Trip 19.05.2001 |
Captain Mohammed Qibly Saad Zaglol Street Aswan Egypt Tel: 316069 |
21 $
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Incl. Boat Trip, Food, Water, and sleeping. We do not recommend this trip. They wash the dishes in Nile and the food is not what you paid for. Also the captain did not do much at all. Provided no real service. Also two guys on the boat believed they were missing money from their bags in the morning. We became really afterwards. |
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Luxor Egypt 20.05.01 |
Nerfertiti Hotel (100 meters north of the Bus Station ) |
3 $ w/o AC and own bathroom 6.50 with AC and own Bathroom Double |
Y |
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Y |
Ok place, some of the staff is really nice. We changed to the more expensive room when we got sick. Warm showers are really short. |
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Suez Egypt 26.05.01 |
El Mediane Hotel Sharia Talaart Harb |
5.70 $ Double |
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N |
Y |
Bargained down from 25 LE, Normal accommodation, nothing special |
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