Middle East Trip May 2006

Hubby was posted to work at Madinah, Jeddah, Riyard and Jordan. Coincidentally, my 4 sisters went there to perform umrah and I tagged along with them at Madinah. I was in Madinah for only 3 nights cause hubby had to go to other assignment to other part of middle east. We went to Jeddah for about 5 days. From Jeddah, allhamdulillah we managed to perform umrah. Hubby had a friend which help us to perform umrah at Mecca. The journey took one hour by car from Jeddah to Mecca. These was my first time going there and for hubby was his second time. We stay at Mecca for only one day only to perform umrah after that back to Jeddah. When you reach Mecca the feeling is diffrent, as some of you who have been there would know. No words can explain and express when you are infront of the Ka'abah cause suddenly you felt like crying. FYI, I cried. ( I just got this picture from my sister)

DUBAI 18TH DECEMBER 2008

It was short trip at Dubai after transit from Istanbul. These is my second time i have been to Dubai. We went to the largest shopping center that is Dubai Mall. The stuff over there was very expensive even the food at the food court, imagine one plate of noddle can cost you UAE Dirham $28 that is $14 in our money.

ISTANBUL 16TH DEC ISTIKLAL AVE IN BEYOGLU TAKSIM

We went to istiklal Ave which is similar to any European shopping street

ISTANBUL 14TH DEC BOAT RIDE TO HISTORICAL PLACES

Hagia Sofia Museum
From our hotel we had to take a boat ride around 20mints to the golden horn Eminonus ferry station it cost S$ 1.30 to historical places such as Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sofia museum

Hagia Sofia

Me and kids infront of The Blue Mosque

Me and hubby infront of Hagia Sofia museum

Inside the Blue Mosque it was so beautiful

Me and my son at the Topkapi Palace park

TAKSIM ISTANBUL VIDEO

ISTANBUL 13TH DEC THE GRAND BAZAAR DECEMBER 2008

The shopping paradise Grand Bazaar

Brotherhood at Grand Bazaar (one of the famous shopping area)

At Grand Bazaar shopping and eating the famous food DONA( like kebab its only S$5)

EGYPT HURGHADA RED SEA 10TH DEC 2008

I flew on SQ to Egypt by myself to meet Hubby in Egypt without my children. The journey to Cairo took 10 hours ! it was boring and tiring inside the plane in economy class seated in middle aisle. All expenses to Egypt was sponsered by his company (macam kerja lah tapi tak ada gaji). Actually hubby company allowed to bring spouse at some country resort. These is my second trip to egypt. One thing us Asians will notice are, that the guys are naturally, ruggedly handsome here in Egypt and the girls have a very distinct and have beautiful features like those hollywood or Italian stars. Their eyes are green, their hair auburn with long natural curls, beautifully shapped eyebrow and lucious lips.
The hotel is situated opposite the famous Red Sea which is a misnomer as the sea is actually emerald blue and very vivid. The weather was on average 22 degrees , the sun was shiny but the breeze cooling.