Now I know you probably looked at this and laughed, but that pales in comparison to the elation I felt when the fully clothed women in burqas bathing in the dead sea gave me what I can only presume was a smile because I couldn’t see their lips.
After a few hours walking around, I was really happy to glance up and see this window of a church and it’s subsequent reflection of a mosque. It almost made up for having my note taken out of the wailing wall because I wasn’t a Jew, not being allowed to see the Dome of the [...]
Here’s the view from the roof of my cave hostel. Even after the hassle of trying to get a room (never stay at the citadel in jersualem) the view almost made up for it. It was particularly haunting at this time of night though because I heard the call to prayer fom the nearby mosque [...]
According to the locals, the wailing wall is supposed to be a pretty non-denominational kind of thing. But after leaving my note in wall and then walking away, I couldn’t help but turn around and see one of the black jews (the orthodoxish ones that wear all black) taking my note out of the wall. [...]
File this under so bizarre, it’s funny. In case you didn’t know, everybody who is a citizen of Israel has to serve in the army at some point. Naturally, this creates a pretty large soldier community that you see walking around with semi-automatic killing machines. Most people are pretty used to the sight, but coming [...]
This is my handstand of happiness that I made it out of Turkey and am now relaxing on a beach in Tel Aviv.
