any travel advice for travelling through the middle east?

after watching ewan mcgregor and charlie boorman do the long way round i’m inspired to do a bike trip, starting at bari in southern italy and travelling on to israel via turkey and syria, then on to egypt, libya and tunisa. then taking the ferry back to sicily from tunis…. anyone been in these countries.. i’ve only ever seen them on the news..

I travel regularly to the Middle-East for business (saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Libya, etc…). It is correct that you won’t be allowed to Libya if the customs see that you’ve been to Israel….
An advice for your first trip is to avoid Israel (nothing wrong with the country), it’s just that some Arab Customs officers will find it offensive…
I personnally have 2 passports to avoid any complications.
Don’t listen too much to people who haven’t been there, walking in the streets of London is a lot more dangerous than the streets of Riyadh, Tripoli, etc… crime is very low and people are very friendly…

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