One Country at a Time
Posted in Dubai, Middle East, The Travel Bug, United Arab Emirates on May 10th, 2010
The same day SVV was going under the knife in San Francisco for a shattered wrist, I was paying homage to the porcelain gods halfway around the world. Up until that point, my entire month in Africa had gone off without a hitch: Although I had packed Pepto Bismol, Cipro, a variety of antibiotics, Zantac, [...]
Posted in Adventure Travel, Ein Avdat, Israel, Middle East, Photo Friday, The Travel Bug on May 7th, 2010
When I was in Israel last fall, the thing that came as the biggest surprise was the diversity of the landscape. And by diversity, I mean the number of deserts and their varying landscapes. I don’t know about you, but I thought a desert was a desert was a desert. I didn’t know there could [...]
Posted in Adventure Travel, Dead Sea, Israel, Middle East, The Travel Bug, Workin' Hard for the Money on Mar 8th, 2010
Back in November, when I was trekking it across the Israeli desert, I got the chance to see one of the world’s wonders.* After driving for miles and miles through brown rocky terrain and placid, sandy desert, it truly is magnificent to see muted shades of turquoise peaking back through the haze from just over [...]
Posted in Adventure Travel, Middle East, Photo Friday, The Travel Bug, Workin' Hard for the Money on Jan 15th, 2010
It should come as no surprise that one of my favorite facets of trekking through Israel was due to the presence of one of my favorite animals: the camel (duh). To be honest, I’m not sure when my camel obsession began. Maybe it’s always been there. What I know is that, as a nomad, the [...]
