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Writers have been writing and describing the Pyramids of Giza for hundreds and hundreds of years, so I don't feel like I would adding to this long history very much.... but I will say, personally, this was a momentous day for me. It was amazing and it was a dream fulfilled. The pyramids are every but as amazing and the exotic as I always imagined ( Read more... )

Breaking News:.... I arrived in Cairo just a few hours ago on a bus through the Sinai Peninsula. I am very, very happy to be here... I dreamed of being here all my life and finally the moment has arrived. It is smoggy, noisy, congested, and I love it already... full of life! Tomorrow, I have to go see the Pyramids..... the time has come ( Read more... )

Silly me planning to take a bus from Jerusalem to Eliat (on the Red Sea) on the first day of passover. That was on my self-made itinerary and I have been following it exactly until now. As it turns out, buses are shut down on the first day of the important Jewish holiday as is almost everything else in the State of Israel. Upon taking the cab to ( Read more... )

*I went to Yad Vashem today (The Holocaust Museum in West Jerusalem). After a few days of being in Palestine, I felt I needed to get a different viewpoint on things. Very interesting and extremely thought-provoking place.... I am glad I went ( Read more... )

Another memorable and amazing day as I went to Bethlehem again, Another Palestinian refugee camp, and into the seat of Palestinian Authority Power, the Bustling city of Ramallah ( Read more... )

A lot of thoughts have been going through my head lately, which usually occurs normally, but even more so that I am traveling independently through an intense place. I have a lot time for thought and introspection when I travel alone, which I enjoy. While I have of course been thinking about the state of life back home, I have also been doing a lot ( Read more... )

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