http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/ofanan/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from ofanan en-us Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:46:28 +0000 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:46:28 +0000 The showers cold water from jerrycans as usual. The food some ours some of the many Jeepers whom we met on the way.The Jeepers are good only for feeding us and sometimes giving some water. Other than that even though many of them are nice people they merely estroy the desert the calm and the beauty.The way HIKONU LEVIAT HADASHDASH little cobble stones in English.Old Kato When I t http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Israel/South-District/Mitzpe-Ramon/blog-391821.html As Orit my girlfriend isn't a cyclist this isn't a bike trip. However of course I do my best to keep on good shape also along this hikeandbus tour which leads sometimes to rediculous situations.When we climbed to beautiful Sumela Monestary near Trabzon I TAFARTI 305e ran up and down in front of Orit who walked in a regular pace. The other tourists most of them intern Turkeysh t http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Eastern-Anatolia/blog-309720.html Channel 2 Yediot Read THIS Workoholics12yearsold waiters and cookers in restaurants. 10 years old children carrying on the back heavy woods. 8 years old shoeshiners. 5 years old children who help their parents to feed the chickens and in taking care of theirs smaller brothers. It seems that no age is too early for the Guatemalans to start working.Todos SantosAll the men here even the li http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/blog-268628.html Ofanans original trip to MonteCristo El Salvador March '08Isolated and pristine ... thick cloud forest canopy exotic orchids and abudant wildlife ... views and photo opportunities are outstandingGet advance permission from the National Parks and Wildlife Service in San Salvador ... There is no place to stay here ... bring all your own equipment food and water ... none of the trails http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/El-Salvador/La-Palma/blog-253549.html GogetonRiding on asphalt has its own advantages its fast and the bikes maintenance is far easier. But riding offroad is the real thing.In the last few days I cycled ways which were very quite and isolated even in my terms. The hardest section between San Sebastian and Belen Gualcho involved some very steep uphills so steep that I took off from the bike here and there but dont worry http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/blog-252117.html a http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Israel/South-District/Makhtesh-Ramon/blog-244947.html Dear reader R U CORRUPTED HebrewHome sweet homeThe slow noisy buses the drivers accessory gut hung out of the bus through the alwaysopen bus door most of his body in the air outside the bus The amazing dramatic mountainous scenery of green steep slopes The sweet Mayan children always amazed to see me passing with the bike The beloved spanish The liveful simple CentralAmerican mus http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/blog-243845.html Here evereything beganWell not exactly I've been a cyclist since I was 6 years old and have used bike both as a vehicle and for sport travel ever since then.But Venezuela was the very moment when I understood that from then and on I was gonna travel abroad only by bike. It happened after I noticed that though the places I saw during my 2 weeks of cycling in Venezuela weren't the most beautifu http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Venezuela/Andean/Merida/blog-33442.html Hot on the Moon10 years ago before I started to overload cycling with all my ecological social principles I was used to define cyclism merely as ldquoschool for dreamsrdquo. Mighty Leni Kravitz used to sind ldquoif you want it you got it yoursquove just gotta believerdquo. Very nice but no matter how much you believe you would be the next president of the US or the best basketba http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/Perast/blog-81626.html Four elephants fuckingThe huge red statue near Ein Karem Jerusalem has always attracted the attention of Jerusalem's locals who tried to explain the meaning of this strange monument. Hot air architects claimed that when looking at the statue from a certain angle it exactly reflects the spectacular view of Jerusalem Mountains behind it most of the natives however claimed that the anonymous a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/Westchester/blog-74597.html 15021492 1506151314971514 1492149714931501 1500150215061503 15051489149714891492 1496149314891492 149714931514151214881491149315041497 14921513149315081496 149314881493 15141511151014971512 151414931500149114931514 1492150215041497 http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Israel/Jerusalem-District/Jerusalem/blog-32620.html Cotton fields foreverAfter a long day of tough cycling near the legs of the Popocatepetel Mexicorsquos highest mountain I finally arrived to the hostel in Don Juan de Las Shmates. I immediately entered the shower and started to sing loudly one of my greatest showerrsquos hits ldquoin a white seardquo in its cover version by ldquoshoulders youthrdquo NOrsquoAR SHULAYIM.When I r http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Cancun/blog-26829.html Prague song which I dreamed of 2 short mails from the Czech RepublicAss holeOn my last night in Prague I went out with a very nice n beautiful American girl. I took her to a jazz club I knew in town. As you could probably guess I lost my way and we had been walking in the city centre about an hour till I found the place. I made a few other FADICHOT as well like going out with a huge hole http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/blog-25285.html THE MARTZE'A WENT OUT FROM THE BAGand I mean that literally BE'OFEN MILLULI. In my flight the security guys found in my bag the MARTZ'A which I take for me for SHIFTZURIM and took it from me. BTW how 2 say SHIFTZURIM in english maybe SHAPINGS is a good translation shiftzur is an abbreviation of shipur tzura did u know that. BudapestMy few hoursrsquo stop in Budapest flashed me with http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/blog-21100.html HOW IS ERETZ ISRAEL BOUGHTDuring my first 2 days in Guatemala I rode some 160 kms in Alta Verapaz and found also the time for walking a little in 2 beautiful national parks. It showed me Guatemala just as I dreamed of steep hills covered by very thick green vegetation. The roads were quite and thus the whole area is really a paradise for cyclists well at least for those whose legs are str http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Quetzaltenango/blog-25131.html GuateMy single day in Guate abr. Of Guatemala city was enough for realizing that it justly gained its bad reputation as a fucking dangerous city All the groceries are closed by iron doors and the owner serves you via a little window with SORAGIM stores which sell valuables have private gunman standing at the entrance and by night you here explosions and alarm.As I knew all of that in adva http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Quetzaltenango/Laguna-Chicabal/blog-25130.html SEXA PLANTWhile travelling in Venezuella when I first encountered the extreme unreliability of the locals in developing countries I invented the SEXA PLANT MINA TZEMACH method of orienting before each turnabout I take I ask 10 locals and do complex calculations which weights their age gender look and size of breast in case the gender is female. The map if I have any is not weight http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/blog-25114.html Who fears from the sunset1489148814951491 150215131497151214971492 14921497150814971501 1512149315041492 1488149714941492 1489148815051492 1513149214971488 15001505148914971514 1511149715041503 15131493148815001514 15021497 1502150814951491 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Macedonia/Ohrid/blog-25002.html Trumpeldor 2 Yesterday I saw a very nice person on the road who offered me a coffee with him. Well usually I don't refuse such requests which I get here twice a day but this time I refused indeed. Why because this man's hands were cut. Well I have got nothing against cripples but my main way of communicating with the locals is by hands so talking to a person without hands would be jus http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/West/Tirana/blog-25145.html