Blogs from Middle East - page 1210

Geo: 31.7857, 35.2007It's certainly been a long time since I was in Israel, the first of my exciting travelling experiences, but I shall never forget it. I believe this country touches everyone who visits it, no matter their religion and culture. For me, a Christian, all the Bible stories I had grown up with came alive, and given a concrete context and setting. I remember sitting on the shores of The Sea of Galilee waiting for the sunrise and just being able to picture so vividly Jesus and the disciples out fishing. I gained a whole new appreciation of my religion. At the same time, Israel also homed in on the importance of diversity. That different religions have so much in common and can co-exist very happily. In Jerusalem we started at The Wailing Wall (most ... read more

Geo: 41.0078, 29.1678Istanbul is somewhere I'd always see on Holiday programmes and always want to visit. So I jumped at the chance to visit. Even better, I was able to meet Nurlan on his way back to Azerbaijan. Perfect excuse! I had no idea Turkey, was such a wonderful country as a whole. I had a fantastic time, being a genuine independent backpacker, meeting lovely people on route. Despite common belief, it's fine being a lone female traveller in Turkey. You do get a bit of hassle but most of it harmless, just need a sense of humour. Plus you meet so many people (mainly Australians who have been working in Britain!) on route anyway it doesn't matter. the Turks are really friendly and lots of fun once you get past the compulsory chat up lines. ... read more

The last 5 weeks since my last update were the most intense and busy in my life so far. I'll start with the bottom line and then will try to go over the more interesting staff, what I achieved so far and the mistake that I've made. The Inn is running and open for guest!!! Less then 6 month ago I helped Tony in Buscot Station, New Zealand, and now I own my own guesthouse. I think it's amazing and I consider it as a miracle. I had 12 basketball players staying last week, including breakfast and it all went very well. Before I start I want to thanks Nitzan that built and design this website!!! I think he has done a great work in a short time and I just want to say huge ... read more

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Spent a day on a 14m Yacht called Annabella with it's owner George and his other half Kathy. These 2 live on the boat and live between Athens and the Greek islands, so you can see where there passion lies. We were the workıng crew where I had to pull the ropes and Emma took the helm. She dıd ok untıl a humungous ferry came headıng straıght for us. We saıled to Paros Island where we dıd some snorkellıng. It was an amazıng day. Next Island was Mykonos. Lots of beaches, boobs and gays! Had a big night ın a gay piano bar with a group of kiwi ladies all in their 60's. We are deffınately bronzed aussies now. Back to Athens to catch a flight to Prague, no bugger it, lets go east; Istanbul, Turkey. ... read more