Anjuna is the hippie joint, and Israelis used to love Anjuna a while back when it was still the center for wild mushroom trance parties, which are now considered illegal, are a bit harder to find, and are often visited by the local police.
Wednesdays are especially nice in Anjuna, with the local flee markets gathering [...]
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A few weeks back, during the Beijing Olympics, I wrote an article for an Israeli finance newspaper Calcalist about the upcoming Taiwanese Kaohsiung[...]
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The Taiwan “Olympics” - Article for Israeli Calcalist Love Kaohsiung Music Festival at Sizihwan : A Night of Old Taiwanese Songs Taiwan’s street food : the “food trucks” Vote for Michael Turton as the best Taiwan politics blogger Visiting Kaohsiung : Cheng Ching LakeChina
Israel at the Beijing Olympics : What do the Chinese think of Jews? Our medallists : Taiwan’s Chen Wei-ling and Israel’s Shahar Zubari Chinese perception of Israeli media coverage of the China Olympics More Sino Phobia : China Bashing in Israeli media Sino-Phobia continued : Israeli media bias against ChinaI’ve heard so much about Goa before I came there that it’s quite surprising how I haven’t been there before. I actually wanted to see all of the different kinds of Goa beaches, spend a little time in each, and see how those match to the fairy tales told to me by Israeli backpackers coming [...]
Having rested a little, I went out to explore Panaji. Panaji is a gorgeous little town and the Goa Indians have the Portuguese to thank for that. The two days previous, which weren’t that great, just made Panaji even more beautiful. Since it’s not too big, it’s also a great place to explore on foot.
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I arrive at 4:30am at Panaji, totally exhausted from a night-bus ride from Pune, and it was completely dark around us. Not a single building light in view. Going down from the local bus, all the Rickshaw folks quickly headed my way. “We take you best best beach, only 500 rupee” they start bargaining [...]
Half way through my Mumbai experience during my first day in India, I decided to head out of Mumbai to a more peaceful country-side relaxation spot up on the famous British hill-mountain stations. I arrived at the Victoria terminus and bought a ticket to the station where the slow train was suppose to take off [...]
Arriving at India’s Mumbai international airport at 4 o’clock in the morning with barely reading anything about what to expect is not something I’d recommend anyone. I arrived at the airport and my first impression was that it was - by far - the worst international airport I’ve ever seen.
I distinctly remember finding it extremely [...]