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        <title>Mount Damavand without a guide?</title>
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                <description><![CDATA[It doesn't seem like it is necessary to have a guide if you go the south route in June... Am I missing something?<br />...]]></description>
            
        
        <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 10:16:26 +0000</pubDate>

        

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                <jf:body><![CDATA[It doesn't seem like it is necessary to have a guide if you go the south route in June... Am I missing something?<br />...]]></jf:body>
            
        
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        <title>Yemen Visa</title>
        <link>http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2319684</link>

        

        
            
                <description><![CDATA[What is the best way to obtain a Yemen tourist visa? I'm in Jizan (Saudi Arabia) at the moment. I plan to spend 9 to 10 days in Sana'a, Aden and Socotra in about a month or two from now. <br />...]]></description>
            
        
        <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 09:59:40 +0000</pubDate>

        

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                <jf:body><![CDATA[What is the best way to obtain a Yemen tourist visa? I'm in Jizan (Saudi Arabia) at the moment. I plan to spend 9 to 10 days in Sana'a, Aden and Socotra in about a month or two from now. <br />...]]></jf:body>
            
        
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        <title>F visiting M friend in Dubai - advice please!</title>
        <link>http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2186465</link>

        

        
            
                <description><![CDATA[My M friend is living and working in Dubai - not somewhere I've been, but never one to pass up the opportunity of visiting somewhere new (with free accommodation!) I'm considering a short break there later this year.<br />...]]></description>
            
        
        <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 09:24:50 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:author>Battersea_Girlies</jf:author>
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        <jf:dateToText>1 hour ago</jf:dateToText>
        
            
                <jf:body><![CDATA[My M friend is living and working in Dubai - not somewhere I've been, but never one to pass up the opportunity of visiting somewhere new (with free accommodation!) I'm considering a short break there later this year.<br />...]]></jf:body>
            
        
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        <title>8 days in Oman self drive</title>
        <link>http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2320348</link>

        

        
            
                <description><![CDATA[Heading to Muscat for 8 nights in November as I'm in Dubai for work.<br />...]]></description>
            
        
        <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 08:47:50 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:author>stego98</jf:author>
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                <jf:body><![CDATA[Heading to Muscat for 8 nights in November as I'm in Dubai for work.<br />...]]></jf:body>
            
        
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        <title>Accomodation</title>
        <link>http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2321453</link>

        

        
            
                <description><![CDATA[We´re going to UAE for 2 weekes in november and will book accommodation in Dubai and at Qsar al Arab in advance. We´ll hire a car and travel around, so I wonder if we have to prebook other accommodation or if it is easy to find a place to stay without...]]></description>
            
        
        <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 08:45:26 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:author>oyvindr</jf:author>
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                <jf:body><![CDATA[We´re going to UAE for 2 weekes in november and will book accommodation in Dubai and at Qsar al Arab in advance. We´ll hire a car and travel around, so I wonder if we have to prebook other accommodation or if it is easy to find a place to stay without...]]></jf:body>
            
        
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        <title>96hr stopover visa</title>
        <link>http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2320581</link>

        

        
            
                <description><![CDATA[Hi there,<br />...]]></description>
            
        
        <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 08:35:20 +0000</pubDate>

        

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                <jf:body><![CDATA[Hi there,<br />...]]></jf:body>
            
        
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        <title>Can one legally bring a GPS device into Iran?</title>
        <link>http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2321325</link>

        

        
            
                <description><![CDATA[This was a question posed by a friend.<br />
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  Thank-you]]></description>
            
        
        <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 07:49:29 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:author>SSSLAS</jf:author>
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        <jf:dateToText>3 hours ago</jf:dateToText>
        
            
                <jf:body><![CDATA[This was a question posed by a friend.<br />
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        <title>Bus Tel Aviv to Eilat and cross the boarder to Jordan - timetable?</title>
        <link>http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2321256</link>

        

        
            
                <description><![CDATA[Hello, I arrive at midnight at Tel Aviv international airport and I would like to go by bus maybe at the same day to Eilat. Do you know where I find a timetable for busses and if there are night busses or when the first bus will leave?]]></description>
            
        
        <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 07:38:53 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:author>heidebimbam</jf:author>
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        <jf:dateToText>3 hours ago</jf:dateToText>
        
            
                <jf:body><![CDATA[Hello, I arrive at midnight at Tel Aviv international airport and I would like to go by bus maybe at the same day to Eilat. Do you know where I find a timetable for busses and if there are night busses or when the first bus will leave?]]></jf:body>
            
        
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        <title>Distance between Qumran turn off and site</title>
        <link>http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2321412</link>

        

        
            
                <description><![CDATA[Hi, sorry if this has been covered before but can anybody advise the distance between the point the Egged bus from Jerusalem stops (Qumran turn off) and the Qumran site.<br />
<br />
Thanks]]></description>
            
        
        <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 05:29:12 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>May 18, 2013</jf:date>
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        <jf:author>saltire</jf:author>
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        <jf:dateToText>5 hours ago</jf:dateToText>
        
            
                <jf:body><![CDATA[Hi, sorry if this has been covered before but can anybody advise the distance between the point the Egged bus from Jerusalem stops (Qumran turn off) and the Qumran site.<br />
<br />
Thanks]]></jf:body>
            
        
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        <title>Syria: Travel Updates Part 2</title>
        <link>http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2145597</link>

        

        
            
                <description><![CDATA[This is a continuation of <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2049219" target="_newWindow">the previous Syria sticky thread</a>.<br />...]]></description>
            
        
        <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 02:29:03 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:dateToText>8 hours ago</jf:dateToText>
        
            
                <jf:body><![CDATA[This is a continuation of <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2049219" target="_newWindow">the previous Syria sticky thread</a>.<br />...]]></jf:body>
            
        
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