Unbelievable!  Sahara is  the hottest, driest place on the planet. The last thing one would expect is snow. That's a rare weathe...

"I must visit Nepal someday", I keep saying to myself. My interest in Nepal began not through its Himalaya mountains...

sunset (as seen at Poleg junction, Netanya) What interests me in life is people and the workings of the human mind. Nature , with all i...

Karlo  Vivary Although I'm usually equipped with a street map, I prefer to ask for direction whenever I'm in a new place.People a...

Memorize the above names! World War3  might emerge from the area that leads to, fro, and around these places.  Mosul is a city in nor...

"Moreshet Avot" (our Fathers' Heritage) synagogue inside the synagogue We've just celebrated  The High Holidays: Rosh Ha...

So close to the shore and civilization, and yet so far from it! A rocky, desolate, uninhabited islet surrounded by beautiful, clear, b...

The Heraklion museum, one of the finest  in Europe, is rich in exhibits and extremely interesting. It requires more than one visit to...

Scorching sun, lots of ruins ,rough surface to walk  on (stones, pebbles, rocks). From the gate it looks compact, but one thing leads to ...