Time goes by on a tropical island ( a.k.a. been there Don Det) There is nothing like being on a tropical island; you get to go through all kinds of experiences we crossed the Cambodian border at the late afternoon and took a boat to one of the 4000 islands in south Laos where the Mekong river widens to 14km wide. We arrived and time stopped for the next 4 days until we made ourselves to pack and continue our journey. It is hard to describe or photograph doing nothing. but watching the world go by is easy when nothing happens only a wide river flows next to your cabin and hammock. surprise - it's the weather ! After watching the most beautiful sunset ever (no camera - no photo) with cold Lao beer and ... read more

this week we spent a whole week doing the same thing we did last week in Kathmandu (nothing much) this time on the side of a lake at Pokhara. the only thing that changed is that we added one activity - complaining that we are doing nothing for 2 weeks. Pokhara is even more relaxed then Kathmandu surrounded by a lake on one side and green mountains on the other. there are also supposed to be large mountains above but the Monsoon clouds, that hang all day long, make seeing the mountains nearly impossible besides seeing then on the postcards. It was VERY hot and humid this week. the first day we did a 3 hr walk up to the "peace- temple" on a hill above the city. choosing the HOTTEST day of the week and ... read more

The end We left this huge country with Arik Einstein singing in my ears. The views at the beginning of the day were beautiful - brown mountains, no plants, herds of sheep, small villages, kids waving at us... after 3h of riding, at once the scenery changed 180 degrees to this amazing views of waterfalls, green everywhere, beautiful flowers in beautiful colors. Welcome to Nepal :-) The beginning Trying to summarize our Chinese experience was not that easy as we have done so much, been to so many places, met so many different people. The country is huge, enormous, the scenery is varied and you can find here everything you look for, deserts, lakes, mountains, people from different minorities, believing in different gods, having varied customs. Before leaving Israel, while buying a thermal shirt, the ... read more

We arrived to Lhasa by plane. we really wanted to get to Tibet with the new train that opened last week but there was a 10 day (!) waiting list and our visa to China expires in 3 weeks so we flew. BTW the soft seat train (48hr) is only 20usd less then the flight (2hr) we entered the city through the Chinese part which looks like any other Chinese city we visited. but the bus stopped right under the Potala Palace and we walked to the Tibetan side of the town and the atmosphere changed. the Tibetan side is full of pilgrims going between the temples and praying and the atmosphere is very relaxed. we stayed at a nice hotel in the Tibetan area. we were on the 3rd floor - higher then most buildings ... read more

Hi all This week was dedicated to 2 things. The first was making our way from Kashgar in the south-west of china to Beijing in the north- east a total of over 5000 km! The second thing was learning about the history of China. Went to 2 good museums in Urumqi and Xian and we now know all the Chinese dynasties from 500BC to the last emperor in the 20th century by heart. we saw archeological sites in Xian the historical capital of China till about the 10th century and saw endless Confucian and Taos temples in Pingyao - one of the riches cities in China till the 19th century when it went bankrupted and did not have the money to modernize in the 20th and 21st centuries. Beeing a Celeb Everywhere we go people say ... read more