Friday’s Featured Food: Shabbat Dinner in Jerusalem, Israel
A long overdue article on here today and one I have been buzzing about for a brace of years – Shabbat dinner in Jerusalem, Israel. One thing shocked me when I was in Israel –…
Backpacking in Hebron: H2, The Israeli Side
While backpacking in the Middle East, I made sure I headed to some insightful places to help understand the history and politics of this divided region of the world. After reporting on my tour of…
Friday’s Featured Food: Helping Prepare Shakshuka🍲for Brunch in Jerusalem, Israel🇮🇱
This is the second part in a “brunch fest” we experienced while backpacking in Jerusalem in Israel recently. When you stay at the fantastic Abraham Hostel, the amount of different activities you can try and…
Thirsty Thursdays: A Free Drink for Telling a Backpacker Story in Jerusalem, Israel
The thing about travel which appeals the most is surely the experiences you have. They are more than the place, they are more than the food and they are more than the people. When I…
Thirsty Thursdays: Abraham Hostel Pub Crawl in Jerusalem, Israel
It was time for another crazy pub crawl on my travel corridor! I’ve had some crazy ones down the years, notably Buenos Aires, New York, London and Christchurch. But how about a night on the…
Friday’s Featured Food: Browsing in the Mahaneh Yehuda Market, Jerusalem, Israel🇮🇱
I spent just over 5 days backpacking in Jerusalem, Israel’s quite unique and cultured capital city. This place rocked, and as cheap backpackers we made a nosedive for the Mahaneh Yehuda Market every day on…
Jerusalem Holy City Tour, Israel: Top 5 Sights
Religious buffs the world over flock to the Israeli capital city of Jerusalem. Inside this bustling city are tons of sights to see, old and new, Jewish and Muslim, Israeli and Palestinian. Politics aside, I…
Visiting Yasser Arafat’s Tomb in Ramallah, Palestine
The power of world leaders and political figures is something you get used to as a global backpacker. While I’m not often the best person to ask about world affairs, I have studied politics and…
It’s True – You Do Float!! I Went Floating in the Dead Sea, Israel
“I want to stand with you on a mountain; I want to bathe with you in the sea” – Savage Garden. While a load of young backpackers head to the Dead Sea early on, it…
O Little Town of Bethlehem, Palestine: 10 Things to See and Do
Bethlehem is a town you’ll have heard of. I’m sure of it. Yet you might not know that Bethlehem is in Palestine. Yes, there are no Jewish people here, it’s not in Israel and Israelis…