One of the houses in Jerusalem’s Talbia has a special story. In one of my recent visits to Jerusalem there was an artist event happening at the former Hansen Hospital, commonly known across Jerusalem as the “Lepers’ Home”. Established in
Houses of Talbiyeh : Jerusalem
Near the prime minister’s home, just off the president’s residences, hosting the lovely Jerusalem Theater and within 5 minutes walk from my parents’ house is the beautiful neighborhood of Talbiyeh. Unless you walk through it, it’s a bit difficult to
Hong Kong Israeli Film Festival 2011
Beginning of 2011 Hong Kong hosted the Israeli Film Festival with a few Israeli movies showing around cinemas in Hong Kong . It was very surprising to me that Hong Kong locals would be interested in movies from Israel, it’s
HK Science Museum: Marvelous Inventions of Leonardo da Vinci
My first visit ever to the Hong Kong science museum included a very pleasant surprise, a special exhibition dedicated to the “marvelous inventions of Leonardo da Vinchi”. It’s especially interesting because I just recently finished reading an historical
Albanian League of Prizren: Kosovo
A tragic story of a land beaten by war, it’s slowly attempting to get things back to normal. Welcome to Prizren, Kosovo. It’s a nice little city, bound with lots of interesting regional political history, and walking around it’s hard
Yu Yuan-Shanghai’s Old City Gardens
Located in Shanghai’s old Chinese town near the City God Temple are the Yu Yuan (Yu Gardens) titled by some as the “most lavish and finest Chinese gardens in the region”. Despite the crowds and the very small area, the
North Eastern Taiwan : Exploring by Train
If you’re making your way to the east coast from Taipei, the nicest way to do it is by the slow train taking you through very scenic parts of north-eastern Taiwan. All the following photos were taken while on
Morning Walk Around Gorgeous Kotor
To show you a bit more of the beauty of Kotor in Montenegro, one of the highlight of my trip to the Balkans, I’ll share with you some of the photos I took while taking a morning walk just outside
Eastern Taiwan : Highway 9 & 11
On a gloomy cloudy day in eastern Taiwan just before weather turned nasty and typhoon winds started blowing in, I decided it was time for me to finally do some of the legendary scenic highways going across the east coast
Angkor Wat : Siem Reap-Cambodia
Angkor Wat is the most famous of the Angkor temples near Siem Reap in Cambodia. To many, a wonder of the world, there is no doubt it is magnificent, especially when put in the context of the whole Angkor area
