The Slow Train to Damascus & Exploring Eritrea

In a change to our previously advertised talk we will now hear two talks from regular club speaker Paul Whittle.

Slow Train to Damascus: Petra, the Dead Sea, Roman cities and a rare desert train ride on the Turkish-built Hedjaz Railway wrecked by ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ in WW1.

In the ‘Land of the Gods’ – Exploring Eritrea A visit to this secretive former Italian colony in the Horn of Africa. Includes a spectacular train ride from Massawa to Asmara.