Category Archives: Travel Stories

I thought my first day in Jerusalem will be dry and boring. But my programmed assumptions failed me

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Tel Aviv Yourself Ep 7: Everyone is getting married, having babies, and I’m like… maybe me too?

Author’s Note: Real names of the people in this story were changed to protect their privacy....

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Journeying Sri Lanka Episode 2: My host mom in Colombo

If you haven’t read Journeying Sri Lanka Episode 1, this won’t make sense. 7:46 Even if...

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15 years ago, I told you to quit your job to travel the world. Now I’m kinda taking it back

I am writing this from my new apartment in Tel Aviv – a space I...

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Participating in the world: on finding your advocacy while traveling

This week, I received two e-mails asking for some kind to promote environmental events and...

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100 things I will teach my daughter if she decides to travel the world one day

Today, while dipping in a pool in Mancora, Peru and sipping afternoon drinks (really, afternoon...

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Journeying Sri Lanka Episode 1: The long way from Tbilisi

A few nights ago, while settling down in my apartment in Tel Aviv, I found...

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Maybe you’re scared to travel because you refuse to listen to yourself

This time, the media is telling the truth. I often tell my friends to quit...

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Tel Aviv Yourself Ep 5: Dear 40-year old self, I hope you are still rocking and living the life in Tel Aviv

I was walking by Allenby today and I had this literally had quick flash of...

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Tel Aviv Yourself Ep 4: I attended an Israeli wedding and it was the craziest celebration I’ve ever witnessed

Two years ago, while traveling South America, I met a bunch of Israelis. You already know...

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The single story of Israel to the world

When I was young, there was a guy in my city whom the kids from...

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Every one of us is an online influencer

I was working in one of my favourite cafes in Tel Aviv when a man...

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