Barry HampshireMar 196 minTravel TalesA Yemeni City Where Time Stood StillIf I had been alone, I may have believed Jesus would pass me on the street. This wasn’t a moment when my sanity was being doubted. It was...
Barry HampshireJun 28, 202210 minTravel TalesAleppo - 1977Someone asked me why I write about Syria. This is a part of the reason.
Barry HampshireMay 27, 20226 minTravel TalesKarakorum EscapadesIn 1979, I waited for a flight from Rawalpindi in central Pakistan to Gilgit in the Northwestern Territories with a small tour group. Our...
Barry HampshireMay 4, 20226 minTravel TalesA Man and a GiftIn 1979, I joined a small group of adventurers who traveled to the Hindu Kush in the North Western Territories of Pakistan. Of all the...
Barry HampshireMar 25, 20226 minTravel TalesYou Saw What?At Dhahran airport, six of us awaited a flight to Sana’a, the capital of North Yemen. In 1979, Yemen was still a sleepy, little known...