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Jun 5, 2025, 5:48 PM

It's high noon and we are about to depart breathtaking Samarkand, waiting for the next Sharq to arrive. It is the popular and comfortable tourist-class train in Uzbekistan from the Soviet times. Our destination is the city of Bukhara. A...

May 22, 2025, 2:52 PM

Uzbekistan Samarkand – A tribute to mother

My late mother Sarah was a teenager when together with her family and a quarter of a million Polish jews fled to the interior of the Soviet Union when the second world war erupted. In retrospect it was the luckiest...

May 8, 2025, 11:07 PM

Serenity and Tranquility in Egypt’s Taba

There wasn’t a single person that didn’t raise an eyebrow in astonishment when they heard I was on my way for a vacation in Taba, Egypt. Obviously the political environment in the Middle East nowadays is far from being calm...

Apr 1, 2025, 5:50 PM

One night in Bangkok and the world’s your oyster

THAILAND 2025 VOYAGE - PART 5 It is close to midnight and our taxi takes us from Suvarnabhumi, Thailand’s capital international airport, to Bangkok’s river district for our last night in the country. This city may have a reputation of...

Mar 24, 2025, 9:43 PM

The Surprising Renaissance Painting Of Koh Samui

THAILAND 2025 VOYAGE - PART 4 Along the bustling beach of Tel Aviv, Israel’s biggest city, visitors notice the Brutalist architecture of numerous hotels. They are characterized by minimalist constructions that showcase the bare building materials and structural elements over design....

Mar 11, 2025, 7:39 PM

The Dream Peace Collection of Koh Samui

THAILAND 2025 VOYAGE- PART 3 If you google key search words like ‘A tropical paradise’, ‘Heaven and Earth’,’Lush greenery surrounded by crystal clear waters’, ‘White sandy beaches’, ‘Peaceful and tranquil environment’, ‘An immersion in Thai culture’, ‘Echoing local architectural aesthetics’,...

Mar 2, 2025, 4:37 PM

Off-the-radar Thailand’s Chiang Rai – a stunning destination

THAILAND 2025 VOYAGE- PART 2 A 3 hours north-east ride, off the magnificent Chiang Mai, and the comfortable road takes us to another must-see in North Thailand. Chiang Rai province. I was always intrigued by this region as it is located at...

Feb 18, 2025, 5:37 PM

Will ‘Lonely Planet’ boost Thailand’s Chiang Mai tourism?

THAILAND 2025 VOYAGE- PART 1 Thailand is famous for some of the most stunning beaches and islands. With almost 1,000 islands and 2,400 km of coastline, its beaches offer relaxing, diving, nightlife, partying and romantic getaways. Israelies flock to those...

Jan 7, 2025, 5:47 PM

Passion for tourism in the frontier land of north Israel

Ten months ago 42 years old Lioz Hamo from moshav Amnun by the Sea of Galilee had a look at the “Villa Tehilla”estate, built in 1882 as a farm and later on transformed into a travelers' inn in Rosh...

Dec 18, 2024, 9:59 PM

Cyprus promotes winter tourism via rural Christmas festivities

Breakfast in the spacious dining room of the City of Dreams Mediterranean, located on the outskirts of Limassol is reminiscent of a similar experience at a leading resort hotel in Eilat. Israeli families chat loudly. Others exchange "What are you...

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