Ride Like an Egyptian

A guy on the street said, " to walk like an a Egyptian, you close your eyes and walk across the street." its funny because Cairean traffic is madness. Cars speed up when they see pedestrians and honk constantly, short warning beeps.

So, to ride like an egyptian? In Cairo it seems this means you need to tower crates of food on your head and ride casually through whirling traffic. Luxor, you gotta deck out you handle bars with all kinds of accessories, and very loud horns. And Sinai, well, in Sinai you just cheeeel.



Forever Bikes

Egypt, Second Time

whoa. EGYPT. crawling out of sinai after much visa hassle, it was a relief to meet cairo's smoggy embrace. she introduced me to the begining of my experience of the real egyptian hospitality, full of warmth and genuine care. from home cooked meals, tons and tons of tea in the street, and bus stop sheesha and cheese. a crazy adventure this has been, I LOVE YOU EGYPTIANS!

2010

2010!
first bike ride of the new year took my to the ancient hill fortress of tel lakhish. i kinda just stumbled upon it. here is a picture of me with the ghost tree. spoooooky.















ancient walls, few thousand years old


















First Hummus of the New Year


















Five Pointed Standard Hummus

Multi-leveled Tahina

Special, Sun Dried Toemato Hummus

Bethlehem Once Again

Was back to bethlehem to get my bag all stitched up (the one that got melted to pieces by poisonous acid) it was a strange cold day, and cloudy. rode a bike across the check point to the far off land just behind the hills of jerusalem. palestine they call it. arabs they call them. so close, yet worlds away...


























































the magic man stitching my bag. he was quick and brutal to all the things he mended but seemed to get the job done. agirl would walk in with boots that needed to be resoled, he'd throw my bag across the room grab the boot and smashingly tack it back together. resume, my bag. enter broken zipper, off across the floor my bag goes. zipper yanked off, flying through the air, new one installed money collected, happy customer. resume bag mending. it was an entertaining afternoon...

Desert Horizons Comfort Me

The balcony with a view
amongst sandy desert cliffs
this day we saw just about every color stone imaginable,
purple, green and plenty of orange

fossils littered the ground telling of old water filled excitement































"someone once asked me if i like meeting the woods better than the desert, i told them that i loved the woods, and a forest was like seeing a beautiful women in a pretty dress... But in the desert, you lay down with a naked goddess"















sleeping in some sand dunes
waking up to a lake at our cold feet

נ ג ה פ חנוכה

HANNUKA!




















our mega sized hannukiah built of rusty metal and fastened to the water tanks








and firework entertainement for the neighborhood kids

Hummus of The Day


















Tasty Salad!


















Harvesting Camomille...




















Yossi's Amazing Bread, Fresh Sprouted Grain Loaves. mmmmmmmmm