M O O Y

If you went by conventional wisdom, you would think that visiting the Middle East is tantamount to spelunking through the eighth ring of hell. The kidnappings, beheadings, riots, suicide bombery, and pervasive fatwa ways would come to other people’s minds. Instantly they would fear that there is higher possibility of a sandworm swallowing you whole than you having a peaceful vacation.

Let us step outside the 24 hour news networks, away from the evening news, and even further away from Hollywood. Take a moment to refresh your thoughts with a dose of reality. Now realize that there are 200 million people living in the Middle East. The vast majority of who are living their lives with nay a militant in sight.

While it is still slightly more dangerous for American tourists in Middle Eastern countries than it was for Germans in Florida during the early nineties the area still is far from being somewhere our government is going to drop Kurt Russell into.