October 24, 2008

Around 36 hours traveling. Two buses, three airports, two flights and long hours in between waiting.









Namaste! Welcome to India :D

To get to our final destination, we had to take the bus to the highway. Well, we were quite exhausted after the flights, but what we saw on the window postponed our power nap for a while...

Finally we arrived around 10:30 AM to our host place in Agra.

October 9, 2008

Yom Kippur in Israel: everything is frozen: no shops, no transportation and even no cars from one sunset till the next one...

October 1, 2008

You may think that these landscapes are from Africa.

We are in The Golan Heights. Yehudiya Stream is part of the Yehudiya Forest Nature Reserve, one of the most important nature reserves of Israel. Nature is at its best here: Rivers, waterfalls and natural pools, together with dramatic volcanic formations, and rich flora and fauna. The rivers of the reserve are important water suppliers of the Sea of Galilee. Streams of Yehudiya reserve carve canyons in the basalt rocks, which make extraordinary formations.

On our way back home...

September 10, 2008

Tel Aviv Airport, 06:55 PM

September 9, 2008

Another day after office :P

September 6, 2008

Nothing special today, just a boat ride after an exhausting week, and this is how The White City is looking from The Mediterranean Sea:

South Tel-Aviv, guarding Jaffa, Andromeda Rock. The legend says that Andromeda was the beautiful daughter of a queen called Cassiopeia and a king called Cepheus. Her mother Cassiopeia claimed that she was more beautiful than the Nereids, the nymph-daughters of the sea. Poseidon (the god of sea) was very mad with her so he sent big waves to flood the land. The king consulted the wise oracle and he told him to sacrifice his daughter to the god of sea. Andromeda was chained to the the rocks in front of Jaffa and Perseus saw her and saved her, killed the monster and now the remains of the monster are the rocks.

Jaffa is believed to be one of the oldest ports in the world (9500 years old). It was under Egyptian rule from its conquest in 1470 BCE till 800 BCE, and its Egyptian name was Ya-Pho (Ya-Pu). During the time, was conquered by Arabs, captured during the Crusades, ransacked by Napoleon.

Little zoom to this building, and by the way, this has become The Vatican Embassy.



Tel-Aviv seen from Jaffa Fort.

Alleyways in Jaffa's Old City are fascinating me, it's that feeling that you're gaming inside an Old Citadel :P




Down Jaffa, the old port still exists today, with its stunning diversity...