Hookah-burgar Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 (edited) I will be returning to the Holy Land very soon. Again on Holidays as in November 2012 on my first trip. This time I will spent about 17 days in the Middle East. My girlfriend and myself plan to spend a couple of days, maybe even 3 or 4 at Aqaba in Jordan and at Taba in Egypt (Sinai), since both places are just accross the border at Eilat. Both border crossings are said to be easy. We already booked flights and hired the car. As for Aqaba and Taba, I am really looking forward to smoking hookah in Jordan and in Egypt (as well as in Palestine) on this trip! I would also explore Jerusalem and Acre (Akko) more in depth than on previous trip. I shall also record more videos than last time... Edited June 5, 2013 by Hookah-burgar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chreees Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Awesome, Jose! I hope you and your girlfriend have an excellent time. And yes, bring us back many videos! I love watching your stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bawhee Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 That sounds nice, I look forward to seeing you vids! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
â€On Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Awesome dude! Enjoy yourself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavo21 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 ah man i wanna tag along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hookah-burgar Posted June 9, 2013 Author Share Posted June 9, 2013 So, I have been surfing the Web, and while smoking hookah at Taba (Egypt) would probably be in the hotel bars or terrasses, Aqaba, in Jordan seems much more promissing: Besides hotel bars, there are a number of apparently decent places to smoke a hookah and at least an interesting shop, which, from recent photographs seems to carry both Egyptian and quality Syrian pipes.... Mo'assel is also plentiful... Let's hope I'll come back with something interesting like more black mo'assels and maybe some more tombak and a couple of good solid brass Syrian stems... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 I've always wanted to go to Acre. St. Franics landed there on his first port out to Damietta, Egypt when he was going to meet sultan Malik al-Kamil to try and stop the 5th crusades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hookah-burgar Posted June 9, 2013 Author Share Posted June 9, 2013 Last news is we are likely to stay one more day in Jordan to gop to Petra and Wadi Rum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hookah-burgar Posted July 25, 2013 Author Share Posted July 25, 2013 So, after seventeen days in the Middle East, I came back to Madrid last week! We had a very nice and interesting trip, which included quite a few days in the Old City of Jerusalem, a morning in Bethlehem in the Palestinian administered territories, a day at St John of Acre, close to the Lebanese border, two nights in Eilat, just at the border with Egypt, another two nights south of Aqaba, in Jordan, close to the Saudi border, a day at Petra and a number of other visits. Allow me a couple of days to gather my hookah related pictures and prepare a post on hookahs in Israel/Palestine (an update, actually) and on hookahs in Jordan.I brought a nice mid size very heavy solid brass pipe, rever used but between 20 and 80 years old, similar to those used for tombak at Jerusalem ( the stem alone costed only 90 NIS in Jaffa, or about 25 USD - people prefer Chinese made shinny but crappy hookahs or modern Egyptians (with purge valves), and that Syrian old stem stood alone in the shop, surrounded by dozens of Chinese and Egyptian stems (as well aas a few modern Syrian ones).I also brought 4 parcels of Tombak, bought in the Old City of Jerusalem, at Aqaba and at Ben Gurion Airport duty free, and freshly packed Zag and Salloum.And I also got 4 male bowls, one of them typicaly used for tombak in both Jordan and Palestine.I am very happy with my finds. I also saw ineresting stuff and got to smoke Zaghloul, normal flavoured moassel and tombak, at Aqaba. As said, I will provide pictures and a full story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chreees Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Glad you had a good and safe trip, Jose! Can't wait to see the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bawhee Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Looking forward to a full report of your adventures :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavo21 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 im stoked to see what these places look like also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Sharrp SYBIAN Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 (edited) I wonder what kind of Syrians they had? Any Al Nawras? I wish i can find a store that had a ton of Syrian pipes that "weren't popular" while everyone bought off all the Chinese junk lol Edited August 6, 2013 by A Sharrp SYBIAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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