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nightshopping: faces and places

kids were playing football in the street, one came up and a group gathered around, he wanted to test out his English. Where are you from? Guess! He made some Northern hemisphere guesses. I get Spain quite a lot. People see vestiges of the Spanish Armada that I'm
Simon Taylor 13 Jan 2026
Noor Riyadh 2025

Noor Riyadh 2025

below, the drone show at STC metro station, a building which looks like it has been iced with cream cheese. I had my doubts about drone shows . . . I had my doubts about Noor . . . What impressed me most, strange to say, and allayed my doubts, was that none of the public
Simon Taylor 13 Jan 2026
the shortest camel ride in the world to the Edge of the World, and beyond

the shortest camel ride in the world to the Edge of the World, and beyond

our driver, little English, declared Safari! as the surprisingly holding-together not-shaking-itself-to-bits Toyota with all of us in it took off into the desert . . . towards The Edge of the World. . . by way of the bat cave Edge of the World | حافة نهاية العالم @ 24.947341° N, 45.990906° E love from
Simon Taylor 10 Jan 2026
dinner with chips, Banan Expo & a taste of Noor

dinner with chips, Banan Expo & a taste of Noor

the staff laid it on for us in these lavish surroundings, all 4,365 of them, and for our Turkish companion, who was recognised to be so as soon as he set foot in the door: Merhaba, nasılsın! some of the food was delicious, some was chips. on a mission
Simon Taylor 08 Jan 2026
مدرسة

مدرسة

We know the word medressa or madrasa (or مدرسة) to mean a school, a place of learning and a meeting-place, often, if not usually, attached to a mosque. Here children receive teaching in the Qur'an, Al Qur'an or القرآن, note the Arabic spelling which has only
Simon Taylor 06 Jan 2026
back to the world, Boulevard World. . .

back to the world, Boulevard World. . .

I'm wearing the reason why we had to go back, an NZD20 Egyptian gellabaya. . . so for the shopping. . . but also the embrace of what at first was easy to reject, the kitsch, which is easy to dismiss as failed camp, camp not yet recognised to be, what is
Simon Taylor 27 Dec 2025
Nofa Equestrian Resort on horseback safari. . .

Nofa Equestrian Resort on horseback safari. . .

0:00 /0:20 1× . . . off the plateau down to the desert floor. . . . . . unexpectedly but inevitably exactly a resort and a safari on horseback. . . see the green above, with natural misgivings about what we were walking into, across that green as we arrived came hurtling a galloping horse, stirrups swinging
Simon Taylor 26 Dec 2025

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