I have always been interested in traveling to Israel, even though I had heard that the country is incredibly expensive and almost impossible to travel through on a tight budget. But after a couple of weeks there, I learned that thanks to amazing Israeli ...
How to Find a Boyfriend in Petra
Petra, also known as the Rose City, was established by the Nabataeans as their capital city a whopping 2,300 years ago and has been on my travel bucket list for a long time. Of course it was my first (and sort of only) stop in Jordan, and it certainly did not disappoint! It may ...
From Egypt to Jordan on the Red Sea
Alicia and I only had one week in Egypt (because someone had to go back home to study for the LSATs, WHATEVER) and we needed to catch the ferry to Jordan at the end of the week, so instead of taking the traditional tourist route from Cairo down to Luxor and Aswan we caught a bus ...
72 Hours in Cairo, Egypt: Was it Safe?
When Alicia and I were researching our trip to Egypt we concluded that either 1. this is the best time to visit Egypt, as there are few tourists, prices are lower, and the country needs visitors! or 2. Egypt is super dangerous now and if we go there we will DIE. It's always ...
Egypt is Really, Really Old
Wait, I’m in Egypt?! If you’ve memorized my itinerary (I mean of course you have) then I know what you’re thinking: how was the ferry across the Black Sea to the Ukraine? And Transnistria and Romania? One of the joys of backpacking is never quite knowing exactly where it will ...