jerusalem is lost ... ~ ISRAEL

dead sea, jerusalem, bethlehem, eilat ... jews, muslims, christians, others ... palestine + israel ... insights + blahblah coming soon or never ...

rising sun over the dead sea ...

jerusalem

trying to read hebrew, but is that the correct point of view?

bethlehem

foks, i have no time to sort, comment + delete the unneeded pictures yet, so please just preview the at the moment much too many pictures in my google photo album ...

well, let youtube tell you the story of jerusalem, part 1:

part 2:

or would you prefer to listen to alpha blondy?

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pöllatschlucht ~ neuschwanstein ~ füssen

what a coincidence of fortune today ~ we were looking for the neuschwanstein castle and found (on the way back) also this wonderful piece of nature in the bavarian alps (in allgäu), the pöllatschlucht (pöllat canyon) ... and yes, we have enjoyed the fresh ice cold water and built up our own tower of stones for good luck :-)

 

(cinderella's) neuschwanstein castle

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the city of füssen

you could find even more pictures in my google album. btw, my former visit in february was nice either and you will find there also the pictures of the other 3 castles of the 'crazy' (or just gay?) bavarian king ludwig ll :-)

ps: we have been to the ettal monastery + linderhof castle + oberammergau village + lake bad bayersoien yesterday

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AQABA + PETRA = my visit to JORDAN

when in gulf of aqaba in sinai visit the western oriented city of aqaba in jordan, my dears. and maybe petra, the unesco cultural heritage and one of the new 7 wonders of the world as well ....

folks, i'm much too tired to choose the best pictures for my google album and write s.th. about jordan now, but maybe later ...

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sinai ~ egypt

bedouin eyes

 

 camel eyes

 tourists' bar

 let's dance

ladies also dance ...

our beach

sinai 

 let's go

folks, i have very limited internet access here in sinai / egypt, so i will probably write more later ... just for your 1st impression: even if in cairo, alexandria, north sinai is the #egyptianrevolution going on, down here in the tourist areas in south sinai (sharm-el-sheikh, dahab, nuweiba, taba) is it safe + fine + the local people are happy that at least few tourists are here as tourism is the no. 1 business sector ... and yes, all people we spoke to said they are against mursi and his muslim brotherhood. so how could the muslim brotherhood win the democratic elections a year ago? well, after 30 years of mubarak's dictatorship (1981 to 2011) there were not many political parties or groups / organisations left and the brotherhood was organised, a huge advantage, you know? the 2nd reason the people didn't like mursi & co was their disappointment after one year of his leadership - no promises fulfilled ...

but yes, there are some security issues out there: we couldn't move to our hotel after arrival and had to stay in a hotel close to the airport in sharm-el-sheik as the road is closed after darkness ... and the trips to the sightseeing areas are very very limited also ... limited but still possible => few insights about jordan + israel :-)

more pictures? just visit my google album

anything else? yep, i have a new favorite radio station i could listen in our swiss inn hotel all day long: swiss pop (just music, mostly even music of my youth ... no advertisment + news + the like)

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