If you want to travel from Israel to Egypt, overland is an excellent way to go. The journey is relatively inexpensive and quick and takes you through the beautiful and vast Negev Desert in southern Israel and into the awesome dark mountains of the Sinai. I went overland when I traveled to the Sinai from [...]

Taking photographs is one of the funnest aspects of travel. While it may be nice to snap shots of famous structures like Angkor Wat and beautiful nature such as what you see in northern Israel , I think taking photos of people is far more fun. Of course some strangers love having a camera pointed [...]

Before I first started traveling in the Middle East in 2008, I had many preconceptions about this part of our world. Mostly acquired through watching television news, some gotten off the street and others a figment of my own assumptions, only some of my imaginings about the Mid East have proved entirely true. Here are [...]

I think Jerusalem is the most complex city in the world, with its millenia-old history, its omnipresent political trouble and structures of extreme import to Jews, Christians and Muslims lying within its ancient walled Old City. I’ve spent only a few weeks of my life here, and am finally heading back in a couple of [...]

I never tasted sugar cane until I traveled to Egypt. Each time in my life when visions of this exotic plant have danced through my mind, I’ve imagined it growing in wet fields in Hawaii, not the dry deserts of the Mid East. I’ve never been to Hawaii, but the very first day I arrived [...]

Travel is the ultimate eye opener. If your routine life is growing a little old, take a trip and learn how the rest of the world lives. After traveling to even just a few countries, you’ll see that there are some ways of life in your home country which seem perfectly natural to you but [...]

All I’ve read and heard about Istanbul tells me this Middle Eastern city spanning two continents is one of the most fascinating spots on earth. I haven’t yet touched this area spanning two continents, but the day is drawing nigh. Happily, I was sent this guest post, which gives me and you some important tips [...]

My absolute favorite summertime destination in the U.S. is Martha’s Vineyard. Just four short hours via car and ferry from my home in Connecticut, this quintessentially quaint New England island comes to life in the three short months of summer, when you can enjoy all the outdoorsy activities there is no way you can handle [...]