Sheikh Sultan Award - Celebrating the spirit of youth The brainchild of Suzanne Al Houby - Founder and CEO of Rahhalah. Back in 2015, I wanted to give back more when…
Published on 26th February 2019 Categories: travel blog
Rafting is not frequently included in one’s holiday planning and, yet, it is one of the most fun and entertaining adventures to enjoy, especially when traveling with friends. The briefing…
"India will beat the restlessness out of any living creature". Although this quote from the “Life of Pi” – an all-time favorite book and movie of mine – had already…
The rugged land of Mongolia – an area that gave birth to some of the most relentless warriors of the human race, bred tribes that changed the course of history,…
Here we are again: an end and a beginning. A cycle closes (some of those cycles we call them “years” and we give them numbers) and a new one commences,…
Published on 02nd January 2019 Categories: travel blog
It was Friday morning, and the streets of Ras Al Khaimah were still drowsy, plunged in the lazy silence of the weekend’s dawn, as our convoy passed, heading towards Wadi…
Published on 18th December 2018 Categories: travel blog
Walking through the tundra lands of Swedish Lapland, the region’s respect and reverence for nature is evident. Swedes abide by the tenet of “Freedom to Roam” — the freedom for all…
By the end of October, time seems to have slowed down – maybe because the nights have already gotten longer. The prelude of an ending wafts in the air; it…
On the Inca Trail Our lives are frequently elated by the presence of a new pathway: the beginning of a new strand that unfolds unannounced, when least expected, catching…
It was on the 9th day of our hiking pilgrimage through the Sinai Peninsula, finally entering the territory of the Jebalaya tribe and, hence, approaching Mt. Moses and the St. Catherine…
Pigeons flying over Shiraz at sunset time By the time we left our lodging in the old neighbourhood of Shiraz, the sun had already been tucked away by the…
Small boat in the Aegina port advertising the trips to Moni island. It seems almost surreal that there would be an island close to Aegina, just one hour away…
Culinary explorations are intriguing and constitute an integral part of every trip. Occasionally, though, one encounters something that, depending on one’s cultural background, seems more exotic, weird, maybe even odious.…
There are many things for which the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) are famous, but archaeology is not one of them. The fast-paced growth of the last few decades, the extravagant…
When in Beirut, it is easy to get overwhelmed by the horrendous traffic, the non-stop car horns, the chaotic flow of vehicles and people alike, the disorderly erected buildings, or…