Jerusalem - the Western Wall

Jerusalem is the most revered and worshiped city in the world. For centuries it has been arousing strong emotions. It is still a city that leaves no one indifferent. Our three-day stay allowed us only to get to know the Old Town, this melting pot of religions and nationalities, and to visit several...

On the Tel Aviv beach

The New Year’ Day on the beach has its own charm. It was not a day for sunbathing, but we could watch surfing athletes, strolling locals and lazing youth. In Tel Aviv, the New Year's Day is not a day off.  Anyway, Christmas is not either. The city does not have any decorations or signs that there a...

Jaffa

Jaffa is a part of the metropolis of Tel Aviv-Jaffa. It is situated by the sea, on the southern hill which offers a beautiful view of the Tel Aviv seaside boulevard and is therefore a goal of strolling locals and tourists. Friday is a day off from work for Muslims, Saturday is a Jewish holiday, Sun...

HaCarmel Bazaar

Shopping at HaCarmel Bazaar is an attraction for itself and an opportunity to compare how the Arabs, Jews, Christians, and the non-religious sell their goods working next to each other. It's a good question who to buy from to get a better price... We admired the ability of a bread seller who, inste...

Tel Aviv in snapshots

Israel's national airline - El Al took us from Berlin to Tel Aviv. Safety issues make the clearance of the airline  particularly meticulous and taking a long time. Questions can often be personal, and even surprising but they are  intended to eliminate any risk of placing explosives in the luggage. ...

Ngapali Beach

Time to relax. And so, we flew to Ngapali Beach for five days. White sand on the beach, drinks, very warm water in the Bay of Bengal, restaurants on the sand - what more could you want on a vacation in December? The name Ngapali  (pronounced nyapali ) caame to life when Italian tourists seeing the ...

A temple in the cave

The town of Pindaya, distant about four hours’ drive from Nyaungshwe, is visited to in order to visit the famous cave where there is a Pagoda Shew Oo Min, is a limestone cave filled with thousands (over eight) gilded statues of Buddha. Those statues of the great variety of sizes, shapes and materia...

Work and Pray

Some photos showing how they work and where some people of eastern Myanmar pray. Roads are built by hand! The view is really moving. The final result - the quality of the surface – is surprisingly good. During those two years since our previous visit, they have built many kilometres of asphalt road...