Meeting the Middle East is a lighthearted travelogue through twelve countries of Arabia. Starting in the Gulf State of Qatar, Jason Smart sets out on his whirlwind tour. From the futuristic skylines of Doha and Dubai to the ancient temples of Petra and Byblos, he visits some of the greatest cities this often-misunderstood part of the world has to offer. Among his adventures, he swims in the Dead Sea, takes a transit through Saudi Arabia, sees the bullet holes of Beirut and almost succumbs to heat exhaustion in Bahrain. Find out how a Land Cruiser rams him off the road in Qatar, and why, in...
Meeting the Middle East is a lighthearted travelogue through twelve countries of Arabia. Starting in the Gulf State of Qatar, Jason Smart sets out on ...
The rule is simple: Jason Smart must travel on the cheapest flight of the day. The only proviso is that each new destination must be to a different country. From Here to Anywhere takes him on a madcap adventure through 16 European nations in just sixteen days. Along the way, he visits a place called Moss in Norway and sees the 'most depressing street in Europe' in Belgium. He wanders through a Syrian refugee camp in Belgrade, crosses a UN-protected border in Cyprus, smashes a bottle of beer in a Hungarian church and drinks some Guinness in Dublin, all the while battling airport queues, cheap...
The rule is simple: Jason Smart must travel on the cheapest flight of the day. The only proviso is that each new destination must be to a different co...
Ignoring the usual cruise ship option, Jason Smart decides to visit the Caribbean by air. Utilising the services of much-maligned Liat Airlines, he hops between the islands, seeing as much as he can in the short time available to him. Starting in Barbados and ending in Suriname, Jason Smart's latest light-hearted travelogue takes in the beauty, nature and history of ten independent Caribbean nations, focusing upon their capital cities. He observes hummingbirds in Trinidad, visits a Hollywood film set in St. Vincent, witnesses a beating in St. Lucia, walks around an old slave market in St....
Ignoring the usual cruise ship option, Jason Smart decides to visit the Caribbean by air. Utilising the services of much-maligned Liat Airlines, he ho...