So, I’ve just “developed” some photo’s from February (yes, it taken awhile I know!) and I wanted to share with you one of my favourites.
My stepdad is the one I should be thanking for this masterpiece, which was taken at a train station in Tel Aviv. It was during the festival of Purim (where children and adults alike dress up and party!).
Can you tell who is in fancy dress and who is in their normal uniform? It’s hard I know!
I have been ridiculously busy recently and not written my blog for quite some time (I will blame the fact that I moved flat, but it isn’t true! I’ve just been lazy!).
I’ve already been back from New York for over a month and I’m finally getting some photo’s together to add to my flickr gallery (check it out!)
Anyway, I digress…
New York (New York) was beyond words (which is a rubbish way to describe something in a blog, words really are the better option!), but it was such a unique place.
And big.
Very very big.
The buildings are big (well humongous is probably a little more accurate) and the pavements (that’s the sidewalk) was wide and very clean. All rubbish bags were stacked neatly by the side of the road, which isn’t something you really see in Tel Aviv.
We walked everywhere, and were thoroughly exhausted every night, but it was worth it. The sights we saw (will be detailed at length soon in their rightful blog section) were breathtaking and the money we spent also took our breath away, but for different reasons entirely!
Am I glad I went?
Definitely – I now see more than ever before why it was on my wish list.
Would I go again?
In a heartbeat!
10 days was a great amount of time for a first visit… but I’ll be back for more of the Big Apple, it’s shops, it’s food, it’s people and it’s shops (did I already say that?)
Here are some of my thoughts and ramblings about “the city that never sleeps”, to quote Mr Sinatra himself… NEW YORK NEW YORK!
Posted in Memories
Tagged New York, Tel Aviv, Travel, Travel memories, Travel wish list
As I write this, I am at work and suffering for what some people refer to as ‘a hangover’. I prefer to say that I am sleep-deprived, but whatever you want to call it, you get the general gist of how I am currently feeling.
This had led me to think of the perfect location I would like be in right now (second only to my bed!). I think if I could choose one location from my past where I could go and rest my weary head it would be Koh Samet, in Thailand.
I was there in 2000 with five friends, and after two nights in the overcrowded, bustling and polluted Bangkok, we headed to our paradise island. Koh Samet isn’t too far from the mainland and so travelling there was fairly easy.
We spent a couple of days chilling out on the beach, snorkelling, sleeping, reading, chatting and generally doing as little as possible. We stayed in two villas (I use the term very loosely, as they were more brick huts than the glamorous villas I seem to have implied they were), right on the beach.
It was so relaxing, listening to the water lapping the shores on an evening as we had BBQ’s on the beach and relaxing on the white sands during the day. We only seemed to move when we needed to cool down in the crystal blue waters.
I recommend this island to anyone travelling to Thailand for a limited amount of time. It’s a way to get the island experience without having to travel too far from Bangkok. Koh Samet is an idyllic island and although the nightlife is fairly limited, this is what makes the island unique in comparison to the bigger party islands, like Phuket and Koh Samui.
Accommodation on the island is varied, so you can stay and enjoy the island’s beauty if you’re backpacking, or looking for the 5* experience.
Well, here are my Prague recommendations, which may help you during your future trip to Prague! If you’ve been to Prague and have more recommendations for this beautiful city, or just some memories you want to share, feel free to post them on my blog!
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