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Israel - Writings of a Professional Traveler

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I am in the Faisal Hostel across from the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem, this is the second time here and really the only reason is because I came with a girl from Iceland and she recommended the place. ... Read More ...



I am in Jerusalem, Israel, I discovered a type of food being sold at the bottom of the Faisal Hostel steps or at the entrance. I picked it up and looked at it, thought that looks like the same food th ... Read More ...



I receive many letters where people tell me facts.I normally delete, not really, I want to delete them.I will tell you the fact, I never delete, except for obvious spam, I keep every email written to ... Read More ...



Crossing from Israel to JordanThis is a map of Jordan, I am trying to figure out how to go to Jordan, I am learning the one King something bridge is closed or I cannot get my visa just going to the br ... Read More ...



Get the Hell Out of my Office(Me pretending I am a Profesor in the University of Michigan.)I am sitting waiting for the shower here in the Hostel, started a friendly one-side conversation where I aske ... Read More ...



I am the Hostel in Jerusalem, I look for a way to Jordan, then go there to buy a tickets to Mumbai hopefully tomorrow.The Hostel is nice because it has a hard line connection to a high speed internet ... Read More ...



I have arrived in Jerusalem, Israel about 10 minutes before 12 Midnight last night, the trip with Mazado tours took by bus from 9 in the morning to 12, so that is 16 hours.We crossed at the Taba borde ... Read More ...



I am Tired5:17 AM Thursday, September 22, 2005My friend German from the Playtypus Bogota in Colombia told me I needed to stay in one place longer, or not move so much.He traveled for 15 years and I be ... Read More ...



I leave for the Sheraton Cairo where I will go by bus from Cairo to Jerusalem, Israel. I travel with MISR Tour, which from the ticket is the same as Mazada Tours. The Jerusalem side is more organized ... Read More ...



I just received and email from the something I joined on the page of the Most Traveled Man, this is Charles.http://www.mosttraveledman.comI had to sign up and get a username - password to receive his ... Read More ...



Niger Compared to Egypt4:38 PM Wednesday September 22, 2005This is a photo taken in front of my Hotel in Cairo, Egypt.I never seen only a couple of newspapers in Niger.This rather stunned me when I sa ... Read More ...



Bus Cairo to Tel Aviv - Jerusalem2:22 PM Wednesday, September 22, 2005I am ready to leave Cairo, Egypt by bus to Jerusalem, Israel. I am 100 Dollars poorer with a Visa to India in my passport, I have ... Read More ...



I am hoping to leave by bus tomorrow or the next day to Jerusalem by bus, I am thinking this Mazada tours will work again, however not so easy to find here in Cairo.India now says I will have my India ... Read More ...



Hello,I am sitting here trying to publish over 600 more photos of Niger, so I can send out my newsletter. The radio connection in Niamey, Niger put cuts in many photos and I had to delete 600 plus and ... Read More ...



I met a friend and only a friend, however a pretty friend from Iceland in Tel Aviv in the Hostel, I came with her to the Faisal Hostel here in Jerusalem. It is a nice place and full of some form or ac ... Read More ...



Today is Newsletter day in Jerusalem, Israel or some would say Palestine, however I will say the Un-Holy Lands... heheheVery serious place this Jerusalem place, not my type of place, however interesti ... Read More ...



I will leave tomorrow for Cairo, Egypt and try to find a way to go to Niger, I may have to fly by plane to Nigeria or Burkina Faso or other places nobody ever talks about, however they exist on maps. ... Read More ...



I was laughing, the two very serious photographers returned to the Hostel, I overheard them talking in the toilet about having a computer in Israel and ... I am not sure, as I left, however...I think ... Read More ...



I am at this kitchen table in a Jerusalem, there is this every present feeling I have like I am in some old Vietnam movie where there are these journalist holed up in a hotel, drinking all night and w ... Read More ...



IF - by Rudyard KiplingIf you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you;If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,But make allowance for their doubting too;If ... Read More ...



Holy SepulchrecaptionThis is supposed to be the stone where Jesus Christ was laid after taken down from the Cross.A painting on the wall behind the stone.A small chapel with a cross in front.A tomb an ... Read More ...



I am learning more each day about Jerusalem and the Gaza Disengagement, here is a map of the Gaza Strip in Israel and a place to post photos.http://www.hobotraveler.com/ph_gazastripphotos.phpThe Hoste ... Read More ...



I just had a reader post a comment that they seen a challenge taking place in the Sacred Valley of Peru, I posted a rumor that they were maybe going to film Survivor in Peru.Here is the original comme ... Read More ...



The city of Jerusalem makes my survival instincts blair, this place is creepy and full of people that want to fight and argue. I personally believe that the good Gods on the planet create temptations ... Read More ...



Here are many photos of Jerusalem, the Wailing Wall or maybe called the Western Wall is a Jewish Religious place, this link by those Wiki's probably tells it better.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wester ... Read More ...



Starting to Leave Gaza TodayAugust 15This is an interesting proposition and I have no clue what to think, I am under the newer impression in my mind that there is no solution between the Israeli peopl ... Read More ...



Bus to JerusalemAugust 15I have a friend Anna from Iceland, she is still upstairs sleeping in the dorm room, I think we will ride together today to Jerusalem, she leaves tomorrow for Iceland and I wil ... Read More ...



I arrived with Anna to the Hostel in Jerusalem, it a hippie dippie save the world Hostel with all sorts of graffiti on the walls, with tea, hubble bubble, and I am finding out my Journalist. Got cheat ... Read More ...



They recycle different here, or seem to, this allow I believe the bums to steal the bottles, maybe this is very good idea.Girls on the beachOne of my better photosLifeguard Stand in Tel Aviv IsraelThi ... Read More ...



Last Night in Tel AvivAugust 14I walked into a Hostel, booked a bed, paid the extra shekels to have air-conditioning and made my bed trying to decide if I was ready to take my afternoon nap in a wonde ... Read More ...



The Nature of AggressionAugust 14I see many types of aggressive behaviors as people try to either take or stop people from taking. An offensive or defensive aggression, however, there is the noisy typ ... Read More ...



I am trying to find a flight from:Tel Aviv, IsraelCairo, EgyptorAmman, JordanThese are starting points for flights to Niger the country, however for sure the internet is weak on for finding informatio ... Read More ...



The normal Tel Aviv Beach with a lifeguard that talks too much.Israeli Future!The Israel lookThe look.Hmmm...HelloOk, these girls were talking my ear off and very nice, however not quite the age I am ... Read More ...



How Much to Pay for Plane TicketDISTANCE FLYING BY AIRPLANE - How much does it cost?I am making progress finally; hard to believe when I talk to myself how much I really do not know about travel. It i ... Read More ...



World Wide Satellite Internet AccessA reader by the name of James wrote to me on my desires for satellite or needing worldwide internet access.HE WROTE:One way to get cheap internet access might be to ... Read More ...



Tel Aviv PhotosIslamic Mosque in Tel Aviv, go figure.There is place called Jaffo that has this, and a museum.Women with guns! That is the Dude, not me Andy.Some art along the beach and a Mosque and th ... Read More ...



Tel Aviv Israel Center of Backpacker Universehttp://www.hobotraveler.com/ce_centerofbackpackeruniverseisrael.phpAllenby is the street and a great beach in front, dorms for about 10 U.S. and if you are ... Read More ...



Tel Aviv Beach CityI am sitting on what may be the center of the Backpacker Universe for Tel Aviv, Israel.http://www.hobotraveler.com/ce_centerofbackpackeruniverseisrael.phpThis is wonderful, I am sit ... Read More ...



Route 66A photo of a photo of Route 66, a big poster in the Hostel in Frankfurt, Germany.Everyone in the world has a dream of travel; the Europeans often have the dream of going down Route 66 in the U ... Read More ...



I am totally confused and did not post some information I typed while I was in Frankfurt, I am now visiting and doing a lot with "The Dude."I do not like to be called Dude and my friend calls me Dude ... Read More ...


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