December 23rd – Jerusalem, the Old City, the Wailing Wall and the Church of the Sepulcher

Friday after lunch two other volunteers and myself headed for Jerusalem.  After catching four different rides via hitch-hiking, we arrived (hitch-hiking is more common in Israel, they even have specially marked turn-out lanes to pickup hitch-hikers).  After arriving and checking into my hostel, the afternoon/evening/night was spent wandering around the Old City of Jerusalem.  Our …

10 Packing Tips for Travelling to Faraway Places

Packing is a fine art.  Especially when you try bringing everything (like I do).  At the end of this post I’ve made a list of 10 packing tips I came up with. My Travelling Experiences When I quit my job in June I had in mind to travel for a year.  Initially I was going …