54 From Turkey to the Persian Gulf

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🗓️ 11 June 2006

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Adventurous travelers know that Turkey is the welcoming entree to a secularized Muslim society. On this week's Travel with Rick Steves, tour guide Lale Surman Aran (LAH-lay SOOR-man ah-RAHN) joins Rick to help plan listeners' sight seeing itineraries to Turkey's significant ancient sites, by land and by sea... And, travel writer David Stanley reports on what he found on a recent visit to the Persian Gulf region, whose small nations are emerging as important centers for international business, and pleasure, in the middle of the Arab world. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Rick Steeves. Up next is something a bit out of the ordinary with an enticing mix of East and West,
0:07.0	ancient yesterday and unpredictable tomorrow, and with a dash of moderate Islam.
0:12.0	Come with us in the hour ahead as we visit to misunderstood yet welcoming parts of the fascinating Middle East.
0:17.0	Istanbul-based tour guide Lolly Sermon Iran gives us an updated insider's view of her homeland Turkey.
0:24.0	It offers evocative remnants of the earliest civilizations
0:27.0	and a fascinating chance to walk in the footsteps of St. Paul.
0:31.0	Then we ventured deep into Arabia with travel writer David Stanley
0:36.0	who's recently returned from a visit to four states in the Persian Gulf region.
0:40.0	Well, you know, the Arab culture is very proud of its tradition of hospitality.
0:44.8	These small but increasingly ultra-modern countries are coming of age as important global trade
0:49.5	centers and tourist attractions as well. We'll find out why in the hour ahead as we travel with Rick Steeves.
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1:14.0	Hi, I'm Rick Steeves. Many Americans are nervous about travel to the Middle East these days
1:20.0	and I have to admit it's often for good reason.
1:22.0	But it's a for good reason.
1:22.8	But it's a vast region with plenty of diversity,
1:25.3	including some western-looking corners that are safer and more welcoming
1:28.5	than you might think.
1:29.8	Coming up a little later in this hour,
1:31.5	we're talking with travel writer David Stanley, who's just
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