Dead sea is only a short trip away from Jerusalem, but somehow I rarely went to visit when I was in Jerusalem. In my last trip to Jerusalem, I took a daytrip out to the northern tip of the Deadsea
Hebrew University Givat Ram campus walk : Jerusalem
Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, has two campuses. I am more familiar with the Mount Scopus campus, mostly centered on social science, law, medicine, and humanities, but there was a time when I frequented the Givat Ram, centered around exact
Visions of Sydney : Australia
It’s been 15 years since I last visited Australia, and so I’ve just been waiting for an opportunity to go back and visit. Finally, got a chance to do that this year, with a business trip to Melbourne and Sydney,
Visions of Jaffa : Israel
I have visited Jaffa many times, very briefly, but never really took the time to linger. In my last visit to Israel I stayed in the area for a few nights and so could explore more of its magic. It’s
Visions of São Bento do Sapucaí : Brazil
In the last weekend before the crisis caught up to me in Brazil, I managed to do a lovely nature weekend escape from Sao Paulo to visit the gorgeous region near São Bento do Sapucaí. Vast green valley, curious rock
Visions of Melbourne : Australia
My last visit to Australia was 15 years ago, in 2005, during my first year traveling the world. I was curious to see how I’d feel about Australia after all this time and in a completely different stage of my
Visions of Caesarea National Park : Israel
Caesarea is one of the most intriguing places to visit in Israel. Built by Herod around 1st century BC as the center of his rule over Israel, or Roman Judea at the time. Nowadays, it’s a national park and a
Visions of Sao Paulo : Brazil
I’ve been traveling the world for 15 years now, but somehow I’ve never made it to two important continents, Africa, and South America. Lots of technical reasons, or excused, for why that was, but this year – prior to the
Royal Palace & Wat Arun : Bangkok
In my last visit to Bangkok, 15 years after my previous visit, I also went to visit all the good old highlights, and Bangkok has quite a few remarkable attractions. Two of them, at the center of the city are
La Mexicana Park : Mexico City
I’ve visited quite a bit in Mexico City and so in my last quick stopover I wanted to see something a bit off the tourist track, and was looking for something a bit different. What I found was La Mexicana