Ellada: 3 Weeks in Northeastern Aegean Islands

Kulharee dada, na na na na na (not ne, but nahiN!), even though you've listed all of my favorite things, I will pass on the Unpluggisapoulis for now. Another time, another place, inshallah! :)

i see your point salim..i mean the tower of london was built by normal invadors who ruled england. the english dont go demanding its distruction, but charge 10 lb (whic is like US$40 in todays exchange rate) to indian tourists to go see the big golconda dimond replica. norman descendants dont demand a separate northanistan either. we need to learn from these model baniyas.

its not too late..the destroyed babri mosque should be turned into a tourist site like the WTC site..i can see all kinda T-shirt possibilites ;-)

#21 Jang {"yar salim its kinda sad that there are so many places where muslims ruled justly in the glorious past. the current folks dont seem to be apreciative of this glorious past..babri masjid etc are cases in point."}

Jang,
The best thing about "Muslim" rule in many places was their ability to include locals into the ruling hierarchy. Muslims were usually more suspicious of each other than of the natives they ruled. Also, the mixing with the natives was another positive aspect of their presence.

Unfortunately, the relics of those more enlightened Muslims are endangered by today's fanatic, myopic, and static "Muslims" who go around destroying everything - Buddha statues, Shia or Sunni mosques, ancient abodes of The Holy Prophet (PBUH), and tall modern buildings in NYC.

Dear Ajeya (#29). By that I meant our human history. These are marvelous places and many of them are designated as “(World) Heritage Sites” for a reason.

Truly Sahib (#23). I was looking at the map to find Central African Republic and I saw that it is smack in the center of the African Continent (hence its name CAR). The only reason I looked it up is because my wife is going there next week for work, I never bothered to ever think or want to know about that place, but apparently there is one Air France direct flight from Paris a week to Bangui. But I could see why you don’t give a fly’s ass about Burkina Faso – neither do I (and probably never would until some loved one has to go there or some oil is discovered there). But why o why such indifference about Raveena Tandon? A fine actress of Khatri caste with roots in Punjab, Pakistan.

Ana – come to Unpluggisapoulis and let’s have some heart to heart over some Ouzo and Kalamariki with some Lukumadias.

#7 Posted by Kulharee

[The mosque in Chios and the adjacent cemetery was closed for heavy duty preservation work. I hope they continue to do that and preserve these priceless reminders of our history]

How is the mosque in Chios a reminder of YOUR history? Are you Greek or Turkish?

#27

ahahaha, as if anyone could be scared away from this place because of something that I have said. You're still here now, aren't you?

#26

At least you did not start Spanish - or Dulla would probably have run away - scared off like the MirMir. :(

dulla, zindabad! tuaDay shehar aan nu dil te bauti karda hai, par hai hai ye majboori. . .fer kadi othay javangi te mil ke zaroor javangi, ya te tainu, ya tuaDDay yaar nu, aan tau pehlay itlah devangi.

te tuaDa (yaar) kulharee kithay nas janda ai? :D

okay enough punjabi for now. . . it's like being back at punjabiyat again. that was fun. i miss it.

Re: # 19 -
Yup - I am a regular visitor to Spain (Barcelona) - thats alright.
I guess it's better to write my own travelouge - I will post one shortly after I get time.
Cheers!

ana, nice to you too. I never said not to come back. I said if chowk banned me once again I won't continue with DB...luckily all the banning shanning was due to some software glitch..so DB got to live longer.:)
kadi saaday shehar nai aaye phair? je jao te mil ke jaana. baRhi khushi hoyegi mainu.

For some reason, which I cannot even explain to myself, I have absolutely no thought or opinion about Greece. I find it strange that even when I think about an absolutely unknown country like Barkina Faso, I at least think that oh I am never gonna go there, no matter what; even though I have absolutely no clue where the hell Barkina Faso is located.

The other day I was horrified when a thought struck my mind that if actress Raveena Tandon dies a horrible and painful death I won't even be bothered as much as when I see a fly crsuhed with a swat. This indifferent side of me is so new to me. Its hoirrible.

#21 i mean there seems to be an emerging pattern..bosdia, greece, spain and ayodhya. these guys are just not very apreciative of creative endevours of folks who hung out there in the past. i hear the egyptese were also pretty much ignorant of pyramedes due to its greek names and they were only discovered after the brits found them.

indians are the worst..they think its all ephemeral ...maya an all.

yar salim its kinda sad that there are so many places where muslims ruled justly in the glorious past. the current folks dont seem to be apreciative of this glorious past..babri masjid etc are cases in point.

i finally know what the Greek restaurant in town, YiaYia's means

IB:
Please do give a first-person account of your observations about Spain. I would be appreciate that you record your visits to Barcelona as well,,since you are a regular visitor
there.

P.S: you are a welcome addition here

and Kulharee, are you Feroze Qutubshahi..that is a good name , if it is your pen-name, you picked for yourself...far far better than Kulharree anyway.

Kulharee,

This was a fun read! It made me think of the yiayas and papoulis I know here, and how the yiayas expect me to know Greek just because I go to the Greek Orthodox church. Proud Greeks indeed! Efharisto poli!

dulla payee, good to see you are still here. Suneya si tusi chowk te fer kadi naeeN aanay wala. (yes, my punjabi still sucks!)