Newfoundland bound

Ok, I know that I said that Israel was my last stop.
I lied a little.

I got back to Toronto last night and tomorrow morning I'm off to Newfoundland with my friend Peter for a couple of weeks.
We're bringing our bikes.

The plan is to fly into St. John's and fly out of Deer Lake (look on a map).

If all goes well, we'll be back in time for some delicious Rosh Hashana apples and honey.

Work starts Sept 24.

The countdown begins.

Israel - the last stop?

As planned, I'm back in Israel for a few days before I fly to Toronto. I have very little planned for myself while I'm here so I'll try to use the time to add some missing details and thoughts to this blog.
Shira, a friend of mine asked me questions about the trip like "what was the scariest moment" or "what was your most powerful experience". I've been thinking about these questions and more and hopefully I'll answer them on this the blog.
If you have any questions for me, just post them!

In the mean time, if you'd like to read an account of Rwanda from Adam and Maital's blog, it can be found here

winding down

It's been a little while since my last post, but I guess that's because I've been so busy.
After an excellent week in Rwanda with Adam and Maital, I'm back to being alone.
I'm in Kampala until I leave on Wednesday back to Israel.

Just trying to do a little bit of last minute shopping now that I don't have to lug around everything that I buy.

I'll write an account of my last few days likely when I get back to Israel.

I'm going to miss Africa.

Goodbye Hillary and Jon :-( Hello Kampala :-)

Greetings from the National Library of Uganda in Kampala.
It is a very unimpressive building, but I thought that I would take a look inside, and behold, I found free internet!!

I split off from Jon and Hillary a couple of days ago. They left back to Israel today and I'm staying in Africa for another two weeks. Yesterday I arrived in Kampala and was slightly culture shocked.
After spending 2 weeks in a village, Kampala seems huge and uber cosmopolitan.

Last night I decided to venture out to the Cineplex to see a movie.
The theatre is in a very large, very modern and very fancy mall. Definitely the "nicest" place that I've seen on my trip.
It was really really weird.
I totally forgot where I was. It was the first time in about 7 weeks that I didn't stand out as a white person.
It caters to lots of expats, and to wealthy locals. It has a sushi place and cosmic bowling.
Very confusing.

Anyway, I saw Die Hard 4.0 which was a good way to pass some time.

Today I'm just wandering the city, getting lost and then finding my way again.

The plan for now is to spend a couple more days in Kampala and then head off to Rwanda for about a week.

My 40 minute time limit is almost up, so I have to end here.

PS Happy Belated birthday to my sister Naomi and cousin Ira!