Yesterday I grabbed a minibus back from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Back at the Faisal hostel I hear news that the Japanese Journalist has returned to grab his things and is now being deported back to Japan and blacklisted from returning to Israel. I don’t have too much time to talk and ask questions as [...]

This morning, Wakako, a Japanese journalist, and I take a minibus to Tel Aviv to meet up with Yoko who is already there. After getting off the minibus we had to enter a mall to cut to the other side of the street where the bus station is.

Most public buildings in Israel have some [...]

I am not really a religious person and being in such a religiously iconic city I decided it was be a pity if I didn’t get anything out of it. Thus I decided to take one of those free tours that I’ve been accustomed to back in Europe. The meeting place is towards Jaffa Gate [...]

Tonight after coming back from Mount Olive, we each split up to gather cooking ingredients from the markets around our hostel. We get back to the hostel and cook a meal for eight people in a kitchen just large enough for two grown adults to stand in.
Our hostel is on the Japanese backpacking trail and [...]

I talked to more people at our hostel and they all recommend that I check out the sunrise and sunset at Mount Olive. It is my understanding that Mount Olives marks the point where Jesus will return. This is why the hillside is filled with tombstones of people who want to be buried at that [...]

I told the border crossing guard that I had only planned to visit Jerusalem and maybe Tel Aviv. I also told her that I was not going to the West Bank or Palestine. I lied. Today after walking around the old town and running into some Polish travelers I decide that I am going to [...]

Jerusalem is another minibus ride away and we tell the driver to drop us off near Damascus Gate. This is where our hostel is located. We emerge from the minibus in the hustle and bustle of Friday afternoon Jerusalem. We find our hostel outside the ancient walls of Jerusalem and quickly drop off our bags [...]

In the morning I left the Amman hostel with two Japanese girls that I had met the previous day, Yoko and Yasuko. We meet up with another one of their friend’s Chi and take a taxi to the minibus stand. We are headed to Israel.
The King Hussein Bridge Crossing or the Allenby Bridge Crossing as [...]