Travel Coffee Break (#tcbhoa) Wed 30 Jul 2014 - No. 124

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Diverse topics this week - Frankincense, gold and scuba diving.  I had two guests... +Jonathan Fryer  is a  freelance writer, lecturer, broadcaster, and expert guide for Jon Baines Tours, and this November (2014) he'll be leading a tour  to the Middle East entitled 'Gold, Frankincense and Trade in Oman and Jordan'. We talked about the history of frankincense and its uses, and we talked about the tour itself, which visits Muscat, Sur, the ancient city of Qalhat, Nizwa, Salalah, Al Nejd desert and the lost city of Ubar, in Oman. Then Amman in Jordan and the classic sites of Jerash, Petra and Wadi Rum. #tour #frankincense #Oman #Jordan #culture Freelance writer, +Theodora Sutcliffe  has written travel features in the Guardian, the Mail on Sunday and loads of in-flight magazines, and writes regularly on food, travel & diving for a range of publications in Asia, where she lives, and for the specialist diving press. She also writes a blog about her nomadic life with her teenage son, Zac, where she posted recently about the importance of scuba diving training and why she has completed a 'Rescue Diver' course. She joined us to talk about scuba diving, her underwater experiences and what skills and techniques that divers need to learn. #scuba #PADI #dive Links... http://www.jonbainestours.co.uk http://www.jonbainestours.co.uk/tour/cultural-tour?tour=32 http://www.escapeartistes.com http://www.escapeartistes.com/2014/07/26/every-parent-dives-rescue-course/