Want to know the best places to eat, drink and be seen in Israel’s cosmopolitan capital? Here’s our guide to Tel Aviv at night and those ‘hidden’ places that only the locals know (until now that is…) The 5 Best Hidden Bars in Tel Aviv A small cozy bar belonging to the well known ‘meat bar’… Continue Reading…
Visiting Bethlehem With December just around the corner, it seems appropriate to visit the Nativity town of the birthplace of baby Jesus. But my reality of this little town that I used to sing about in hymns at school is not what expected to see. Bethlehem is actually part of the West Bank and lays… Continue Reading…
The Holy City I am in the holiest place on Earth – the Holy City of Jerusalem that appears to never sleep. Bars stay open until the last person leaves, people smoke Shisha on the open streets and a tram merrily makes its way up and down the main street carrying party revellers back home. This of… Continue Reading…
The sound of music blaring across the skies gets closer and closer. ‘Is it a car radio?’ I ask. ‘No,’ says my new Israeli friend, who I met on the bus yesterday. ‘Watch.’ Within seconds a white van appears from a cobbled lane and stops outside the restaurant in Tel Aviv where we have chosen to dine. The… Continue Reading…
Being a British woman has its perks. After a mild round of questionning at King Hussein Bridge (a crossing from Jordan to Israel), I am permitted to pass through the third checkpoint of the Israeli border. But the men I am crossing with aren’t so lucky. I wait with them, dubious of what lays behind… Continue Reading…
So that’s it, I’m all packed and ready for my next big adventure – Jordan and Israel, all in aid of a research trip (well that’s what I like to call it anyway).Why do I pick countries that people I know will probably never travel to? In search of something different… As much as I… Continue Reading…
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