Travel
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Bartering in Dahab
Tourism is down here in Egypt. This translates into 1) good prices 2) not much of a crowd and 3) individualized attention. These all sound positive, but each have a negative too. Take the individualized attention, for instance. You can’t walk five feet without having…
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First Day in Egypt
After getting a passport photo from a local camera shop in Eilat, applying for a visa at the Egyptian Consulate and waiting a few hours for the paperwork to get processed, I was finally cleared for entry to Egypt! After catching a local bus to…
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Snow in Jerusalem!
Below are pictures I snapped yesterday morning. The first is on Jaffa road, a main walking thoroughfare through town. This street is lined with shops and many of the store owners were standing out by their doors laughing. It was a jolly atmosphere as I…
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Hiking in the Footsteps of Jesus
After walking from Jesus’ hometown of Nazareth up to Capernaum, I wonder if Jesus got blisters on his feet too? Nazareth, Cana, Capernaum, Bethsaida, are towns I walked through on my 70 km (~40 mile) stroll through the Galilee on what is known as the…
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Asylum Seekers in Levinsky Park, Tel-Aviv
Asylum seekers from Darfur, South Sudan, and Eritrea have found their way to Israel seeking a better life. Many are staying in a park outside the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv. Yesterday I went to that park to help distribute food and talk with…
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8 Things You May Not Have Known About Israel
1. Toilets in Israel have two levers. One for smaller duty flushes, and one for heavier duty flushes, I guess. And I thought America had too many options. 2. Israel has the fourth largest Air Force in the world, after the United States, Russia, and…
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Music Conference and Cow-Wowing
I’m still here… lost somewhere between “fine” and “dandy.” Last weekend I went to a two-day music concert showcasing 100+ Christian songs written by local Messianic Jews during the last two years. (try saying that sentence ten times in one breath) It was sponsored by…
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A Treatise on Baby Calves and their Tendencies
Today we received new baby calves. They are about 3 days old. One of them we got a few days ago was born too early and has problems with coordination (they all have problems with coordination, but this one has excessive problems). The good thing…
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Tel-Aviv Beach
I was in Tel-Aviv December 30th. I walked along the Mediterranean beach down South to Jaffa. The Tel-Aviv beach is quite nice, so far my favorite “hang-out” spot in Israel. Here are a few pictures I took along the walk: (that sailboat out at Sea…
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Give Me Liberty… or… “We’ll Kill Ourselves” ??!
Masada is an ancient mountain fortress built by Herod the Great in the time before Christ. It’s located up on a high, isolated plateau in the Judean desert. Kind of like Israel’s version of Mancha Picchu (in Peru). For a quick history: During the Jewish…