Blogs from Middle East - page 1198

Kami mendarat di Aman, sebelum melintasi masuk ke Israel menggunakan bis. Beberapa foto ketika tiba di kota Aman, Yordania. We are landed in Amman before continuing on to Israel with a bus. Some pics from our arrival in Amman, Jordan. ... read more

We arrıved ın Plovdıv surprısıngly at a reasonable hour of the day and set about tryıng to fınd a hostel whıch would have a room for us and our bıkes. Well I say we were tryıng to fınd, really I was just followıng Robın as I have learnt to trust hıs fantastıc sense of dırectıon. There would be no way I could have found my way to Turkey without hım. We had a small map of Plovdıv centre on the back of our Bulgarian road map and some addresses scrıbbled down from the ınternet. We had the address for Hotel Co-op south of the statıon whıch was the only one star place we could fınd onlıne. Pausıng to get our bearıngs on the cycle ınto town a gırl comes runnıng over offerıng to help us and ... read more

• "Your dream has come true" • "Many people wanted to do the same" • "Aren't you afraid?" • "How do you gone to heat during the winter" • "You need to fix/do/paint/…" They are all wrong. My dream is just to enjoy my life, that they would be interesting and that I will exploit all the resource I got in me. For now I found all those in building the Inn and bringing tourist into the old city of Nazareth. When there will be 10 more guesthouses in the Old City, I'm not sure if I'll be around… There is nothing to fear but fear himself, forgot who said that but as true as ever. It's demanding constant work to keep the fear aside but it's something that one can deal with if he decides ... read more

A miracle as happened in Nazareth, A 30 people workshop is taking place in the Fauzi Azar Inn. The Inn that was open only 4 month ago can now accommodate 30 people in 6 exotic rooms, we cater 3 meals a day in what use to be the biggest bakery in the north part of Palestine and is now the Inn's dinning room… there are 2 conference rooms, wireless internet connection, roof top bar and all that in 4 month!!! But more even more important Shlomit is now my legal wife, After 10 years of partnership and 5 month into the pregnancy we decided to make it "official" and in the first day of September got married in Cyprus with just the two of us attending the civilian ceremony. I was waiting long time to write ... read more

This past weekend was absolutely wonderful! The enitre department of overseas studies (about 95 students from around the world) took a trip to Tzfat, Mt. Hermon, and Banias. Tzfat is the city of Jewish mysticism, and one of the four traditional Jewish holy cities. It was clear walking through the streets that there is something special about the area. It is nestled between mountains and filled with artists, musicians, and history. We camped overnight under the stars at a place called Nebi Chazuri. The next morning, we woke up early and began a full day hike along the border of the Golan Heights and the Galilee. We climbed on one of the lower ridges of Mount Hermon (the tallest mountain in Israel), and there we saw the remains of a Muslim fortress built around 1100 CE. ... read more