So I admit that this post might seem a bit like a Lonely Planet travel blog entry but oh well. Sorry I don't have pictures either, i'm doing this from an internet cafe. Well so far the only places in Israel I've seen have been Tel Aviv, and a small area outside called Jaffa, otherwise known in the new testament as Joppa. Really unless you want to go to the beach, Tel Aviv doesn't have that much to offer. There is one market that was interesting with kind of a mix between fruit, vegetables, olives, cheeses and meats, but in comparison to a South Asian Market it doesn't have all that. The Beach is BEAUTIFUL though and I plan on finishing up my last few days here on the beach.
From downtown Tel Aviv I walked south to Jaffa, a small town full of cool looking ruins and lots of historical and quaint places to look at and eat. I had breafast at this place that served a mixture of tomatoes, onions with two eggs ontop. At first i was nervous because the eggs were still runny when it came out to me, but after a minute of two they solidified from the heat of the pan. I ate it w/ a HUGE bowl of bread and it tasted kind of like really tomatoey eggs....then the flea market- well I didn't buy anything, but was hilarious ranging from used toothbrushes to used deoderant bottles, random romote controls, to scary doll heads that look like they should be one of the reject toys from "Toy Story". Then on the other side of the market there are beautiful antique stores, and stores with beautiful wood and Indian fabrics. It's interesting because my eye immediately went to the Indian stuff and I had to tell myself "no" because it was WAY cheaper in India...
Sorry this is long...today i go to Tiberias and the Sea of Galilee...WOOT!!
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Friday, October 19, 2007
America?
My time here is coming to a close....tomorrow I leave the city Beautiful and head down to the capital to close out some things before I fly out next Wednesday for some travel filled fun. Of course the common question is....how are you feeling? Honestly it doesn't seem real. 22 months ago I got on a plane and ended up here....since then I've been on planes so many times i have lost track, so it doesn't seem like I'm leaving...for good at least. Am I excited? I guess you could say that... I'm looking forward to seeing my family, and I'm stoked about going to Israel and Britain on the way home....we'll see how that goes first....I still have about a month before I'm on American soil.....
Here is a top ten of things I'm MOST looking forward to in the States
1) Obviously friends and family (if this wasn't on here, I think I would be ostracized)
2) Pollo Tropical....For those of you NOT from South Florida, you are missing out on this GREAT cuban fast food restaurant.
3) The Beach!
4) Buying and riding a scooter....why not a car you ask? Well scooters a) are cheaper...you can buy a brand new scooter for under $3000, b) have GREAT gas mileage, usually over 100mpg c) are a lot GREENER than cars especially SUVs. (by greener I mean, more environmentally friendly, not the color green of course) d) are cute, and super fun to ride around on!
5) Drinking water from the tap!!!!!!!!! If you only knew how many hours I have stood next to the water filter waiting for it to fill up the bottles!!
6) The $3 sales at OLD navy!!
7) Thanksgiving at Granny's House
8) Going outside after dark
9) Playing volleyball at the University of Miami's Sand courts!!!
10) Drying my clothes in a dryer so I don't have to iron everything. (Admittedly lazy)
This list was a lot harder than that the previous list...I'll try to post again before I fly out...hopefully with pictures!
Here is a top ten of things I'm MOST looking forward to in the States
1) Obviously friends and family (if this wasn't on here, I think I would be ostracized)
2) Pollo Tropical....For those of you NOT from South Florida, you are missing out on this GREAT cuban fast food restaurant.
3) The Beach!
4) Buying and riding a scooter....why not a car you ask? Well scooters a) are cheaper...you can buy a brand new scooter for under $3000, b) have GREAT gas mileage, usually over 100mpg c) are a lot GREENER than cars especially SUVs. (by greener I mean, more environmentally friendly, not the color green of course) d) are cute, and super fun to ride around on!
5) Drinking water from the tap!!!!!!!!! If you only knew how many hours I have stood next to the water filter waiting for it to fill up the bottles!!
6) The $3 sales at OLD navy!!
7) Thanksgiving at Granny's House
8) Going outside after dark
9) Playing volleyball at the University of Miami's Sand courts!!!
10) Drying my clothes in a dryer so I don't have to iron everything. (Admittedly lazy)
This list was a lot harder than that the previous list...I'll try to post again before I fly out...hopefully with pictures!
Friday, October 12, 2007
Top Ten
So it has been about a month since my last post...apologies, the main reason is that i keep forgetting to take my camera places. So I have been preparing for my departure on the 24th OCT, and I've been thinking about the States vs life here. Obviously there's a lot of differences but here are the TOP TEN things I will miss about this country most.
1) Seeing random animals, be it cows, donkey, dogs, elephants, camels, yaks, or horses roaming the streets
2) Uhhh- the food, especially aloo parantha (fried bread with potatos inside it), paneer (cheese), daal (lentils) adn butter naan(bread with butter smeared all over it!)
3) Cheap and AMAZING public transportation, albeit somewhat hazardous to one's persoznal safety...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7035826.stm
4) Bucket Baths, and squatties...(those of you who haven't had to get into a routine of using either of these won't understand, but trust me, once you get used to using them, they're AMAZING!)
5) Chai
6) The Hospitality
7) Being able to buy 5kg (11lbs) worth of vegetables for $2 at a fresh open air market
8) BARGAINING!
9) Speaking to people in Hindi, to watch their faces light up and exclaim "your Hindi is SOOOOOOOOO good!" (it should be noted that all you really have to do to illicit this response is say "hello" in the national language)
10) Bicycle Rickshaws...they are my favorite form of transportation and with the GREAT weather we have these days, I like to ride in them even if it does take me say 30 minutes instead of the usual 10!!!!
I'm working on another top ten to post soon!
1) Seeing random animals, be it cows, donkey, dogs, elephants, camels, yaks, or horses roaming the streets
2) Uhhh- the food, especially aloo parantha (fried bread with potatos inside it), paneer (cheese), daal (lentils) adn butter naan(bread with butter smeared all over it!)
3) Cheap and AMAZING public transportation, albeit somewhat hazardous to one's persoznal safety...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7035826.stm
4) Bucket Baths, and squatties...(those of you who haven't had to get into a routine of using either of these won't understand, but trust me, once you get used to using them, they're AMAZING!)
5) Chai
6) The Hospitality
7) Being able to buy 5kg (11lbs) worth of vegetables for $2 at a fresh open air market
8) BARGAINING!
9) Speaking to people in Hindi, to watch their faces light up and exclaim "your Hindi is SOOOOOOOOO good!" (it should be noted that all you really have to do to illicit this response is say "hello" in the national language)
10) Bicycle Rickshaws...they are my favorite form of transportation and with the GREAT weather we have these days, I like to ride in them even if it does take me say 30 minutes instead of the usual 10!!!!
I'm working on another top ten to post soon!
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