Right around sundown our mega tour bus entered a parking lot to join the other dozens of buses already parked seemingly in nowhere. Our tour group and many others liked to think that this Bedouin camp was off the grid but we all knew better. In fact we were just off the highway probably no more than a half hour from a city. The first agenda is to move into the permanently … [Read more...] about Ready-Made Bedouin Experience
Israel
What a Free Trip to Israel Means
The reason I was sent to Israel for free was because the people in charge wanted to teach me what it means to be Jewish. They put me myself and 40 other 20 something year old Americans on a busy 10 day tour of Israel. Starting each day at between 6-7Am and officially ending at 10-12PM meant touring Israel at breakneck speed. I completely forgot what the concept of free time … [Read more...] about What a Free Trip to Israel Means
My Daily Life in Tel Aviv, Israel
I only lived in Tel Aviv for two weeks but I developed a routine similar to my time spent living in Medellin, Colombia . Or the time I lived in London . Instead of green mountains surrounding my apartment I lived 50 meters from the beach in Tel Aviv. At times … [Read more...] about My Daily Life in Tel Aviv, Israel
In Transit
I reckon traveling as part of a tour group is more taxing than going solo. On January 31st I left my Dad's house in Pennsylvania to walk yet again with my most useful belongings in a backpack to the Ardmore train station. I spotted a few people from high school on the train into Philadelphia but didn't say hi. Philly to New York city was a ridiculously easy ride for $5.50 … [Read more...] about In Transit