Many people spend their time outdoors or in nicely decorated ritual huts with a loose roof, built specially for this purpose. Most restaurants and supermarkets are open though.
I myself plan to go to the Negev at least for a night while this week long celebration. Let us see if i can make up my mind, life in Tel Aviv is so relaxed and cool ...
Today i had a longer chat with James, a guy from Australia. We met three weeks ago here at momoshostel.com in Tel Aviv and he actually told me about the Hebron Hostel in Jerusalem, that i spent a week in.
He has been traveling for almost a year now with a special Around the World Ticket, that would cost him 1800 USD per continent, providing 5 Flights in each continent - any distance.
He spent most of his time in South America though and i had to ask why, what was so fascinating about that part of the world, to spend 8 months out of 12 there ...
He showed me a couple of breathtaking Panorama Pictures he took while hiking in the nature there and i was quite impressed by the sheer beauty i saw. Beyond description, i immediately understood why this part of the world can take some time if you enjoy nature !
Ok, he is 23, so walking with donkeys for a couple of days, to finally climb 10 hours up a mountain, take a picture and climb down 6 more hours and all that several thousand meters above sea level is still more easily manageable ...
He also told me stories about the Carneval in Rio, and Macchu Picchu and that he would not have had time for the Amazonas or its delta ...
But, the maybe most exotic part of our conversation may still be the story of the San Pedro Prison in La Paz.
I will not go into details here, a book has been written about this institution and i heard a first hand report from someone who was there a few months ago and said it is common use even for tourists to bribe the guards and sort of visit the prison and its inmates ...
Here is the link to the site of the book : http://www.marchingpowder.com/
Get an impression yourself ...
Apart from that, i enjoy the kosher food here and the gym equipment and the beauties and the beach ....
