Eilat is a great place, but it's like 20 degrees too hot, like we had trouble walking outside for more than 5 minutes. We had great fun though, as soon as we finished the kilometer walk from the bus stop with out giant backpacks in 43 degree heat. When we got to out hostel there was an elevator up to reception, and the 5 of us and our bags managed to get stuck inside. We quickly decided that in the event that we starved to death there, we would eat Arryn first. ...

My stint in Jerusalem was brief and pretty uneventful.. It was very interesting, but that doesn't make for good blogging, so I'll have to weave some of my patented writing magic to give my followers the hit they have come to crave like the rabid dogs that they are. So here goes: Leaving Steve and Gavin back in tel aviv to cry and eat their own faeces in my absence, Zac Arryn and I bussed to Arryn's aunt in Kefar Addumim, a small settlement just in the Westbank, ...

Tel Aviv has been a city of settling in, both into the backpacking lifestyle and the Israeli one.. I truly became a backpacker when I checked out of my private room with Zac and into Ha'yarkon 48, the backpacking lodge right on the beach where everyone stays, and everyone gets robbed. We watched our valuable goodies like a hawk, and managed to leave with all our possessions intact, which kind of made me feel like less of a backpacker, but anyways. On a side note,...

After saying my goodbyes, including the very sad but equally cuddly one to Zara, I was off.After 7 months of counting down and saving and fantasizing it is hard to comprehend, and last night, considering the ordeal of 4 months away from family, friends and the bubble of home, I actually found myself not wanting to go. That didnt last too long, especially with a place as wacky as Korea to rekindle my enthusiasm.And the festivities began as soon as the plane ride b...