I had been warned: “You go to Jerusalem to pray; you go to Tel Aviv to party.” That’s what my friends told me – those who had been to Israel on business or on holidays; and even the many Israeli friends I had made throughout my travels. The general consensus among all – Israelis and foreigners […]
There’s not one established way to make money blogging. Whenever people ask me what I do for a living, I say I have a travel blog. The following question is more precise, just in case I didn’t realize that they were actually asking about my profession: “what do you actually do for work?” That’s when […]
“So, what’s your favorite city in India?” enquired my friend Diana, once I was finally back from my trip. “Varanasi,” I replied, without the shadow of a doubt in my voice. Who would have known that I would have enjoyed India so much (I can put it right there, in the list of my favorite […]
I opened my blog, My Adventures Across the World, less than two years ago – in September 2014. Actually, that’s when I finally bought my own domain. In fact, I first started travel blogging on a free platform in March 2013, after a very eventful trip to Cuba. Back then, I wasn’t focusing on turning […]
What are the chances of meeting someone you haven’t seen in years, you haven’t talked to in ages, when you don’t even know where he lives and what he’s doing and you are on the other side of the world? Well, according to my experience, they are actually quite high. A lifetime ago, I had […]
I really did not have great expectations on Nicaragua. I hardly knew anybody who had been there before me, and those few persons were not particularly enthusiastic about it. For whatever reason, I had the impression it was a characterless country. I remember asking them: “Was Nicaragua cool?” And their answer was: “It is not […]
