Beersheba, Israel Travel Blogs

Stress
Jun 19, 2008

Lights out....my heart stopped.... It's the nicest thing getting to work in the morning and like, from bygone experiences, the first view when you get to your sytsem is to the pressure gaugue....0 bar....ok every.....WHAT THE F*** 0?????? NOOOOOOOOOOOO ...

The Negev Desert
Dec 19, 2007 (35 photos)

As a traveller one thing you are always certain about is change! Barry and Brenda were meant to join us today but unfortunately Barry was not well. So, when Emanuel arrived at 7:30 AM and told us this we asked the Samson family if they would like to join ...

Erster Besuch in der City und Webcam läuft
Mar 13, 2008 (1 photos)

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Stardate 4:10:08, Captain's Log
Apr 10, 2008 (2 photos)

... poor dude's arm.  Whatever.  We're volunteers, not professionals.  Tremble in fear, ye citizens of Israel.  After securing a backboard, slapping on a neck brace, and beginning to ease the man out of his truck, the Natan (big, ...

Abandon all hope, Ye who enter here.
Mar 20, 2008

... Be'er Sheva.  In fact, leaving Be'er Sheva for Tel Aviv averages about 300% cheaper than leaving any other city in Israel.  This is because leaving Be'er Sheva is such a popular pastime for Be'er Shevians and other hapless visitors that find ...

In which Justin Rides on an Ambulance
Mar 20, 2008

... .  Then we got a call that a woman had gone unconscious.   People don't really pull over for ambulances in Israel, but that's okay, because Yakir is really good at driving the ambulance on the sidewalk.  We sped off to the scene, and we ...

The V Man Returns to Kibbutz Sufa
Apr 24, 2004 (10 photos)

... three ate dinner together and then gazed at rainbow colored fireworks as they lit up the sky over Modiin. Morning next, Israel Independence Day, the V man devoured BBQed hamburgers and hot dogs in Tel Aviv together with Ayelet and her family. Yummy. ...

Dead Sea
Oct 25, 2005 (5 photos)

... , the scroll was found with the promise God made to the Jews. I thought it was neat. Today, the scrolls are in the Israel Archeological Museum in their own special building. We got to go see them the next day. The building is full of symbolism - kind ...

Day 8 - what do we appreciate: D-E-SER-T! T! T! T
Mar 28, 2008 (20 photos)

... some time introducing it to the Navajo Indians in Arizona.   We then stopped briefly to take in the graves of Israel's founder and first President Ben Gurion in nearby Sede Buker before descending to the spring of En Avdat. It's in yet another ...

back to campus
Aug 1, 1992

In the morning we went to see the Israeli Museum. In the afternoon we went back to the Youth Village and layed out by the pool.  There were hundreds of young people there. We arrived back to our dorm that night.  Alon, Jodi, Jerome, Aaron ...

bus change in Be'er Sheva
Jun 7, 2008

bus change

Roman
Mar 4, 2008

Developing and characterizing biofilms grown from secondary / tertiary wastewater on RO/NF membranes .

Try to figure out how to use this blog...
Sep 23, 2008

O.k. so I'm still at work trying to figure out how to manage my facebook friends to get notifications. I'm all excited about the flight tomorrow and hope there wont be any problems with our Alitalia flight tickets.

A Bit Too Much Adventure : See you all soon !
Dec 31, 2008

Hello everyone ! Well, Beersheba is famous now, but for all the wrong reasons. It has been a pretty tense couple of days. Last night the sirens went off and we heard our first rocket -- this morning they went off again and we saw a rocket right near the ...

Be'er Sheva again
Mar 21, 2006

Second time in Be'er Sheva, more work with Bedouins and a bit more traveling around the desert.

Days 10 and 11 : Merry Christmas from Beersheva
Dec 26, 2008 (9 photos)

... harder time crossing into Bethlehem, even on Christmas. With the news about Gaza and the resumption of rocket strikes into Southern Israel, we have been really reminded of the poignancy of the wish for "Peace on Earth" during this season. Though everyone ...

Eight and Nine : School and IAF Museum
Dec 23, 2008 (7 photos)

... too. The kids enjoyed sitting in the planes, and Sean and I enjoyed the exhibit about all the Soviet MIGs that had defected to Israel over the years (pilots and all). It was interesting to see all the young Israeli Air Force recruits there too and talk to ...

Ben Gurion University Campus
Dec 21, 2008 (3 photos)

Happy Hanukkah, everyone ! Hanukkah is, ironically, much less of a big deal here than it is at home. One of my Israeli colleagues at the University who has lived in the US says he actually likes it better in America ! Apparently only parents of small ...

Studentikoos gat in de woestijn (met Bedouinen!)
Oct 3, 2009 (8 photos)

... we die dan nog niet voorbij zien komen? Een lift naar het busstation was wel snel gevonden, en daar kwamen dr achter dat Israel intussen ook op wintertijd overgestapt was! We waren dus al om 9u 's ochtends de grens overgegaan! Maar goed, zo waren we dus ...

Day Six : Shabbat in Beersheva
Dec 21, 2008 (4 photos)

Shabbat Shalom, everyone ! Apparently, that is what one says here on the Sabbath. It is quite interesting -- Friday at sunset everything shutsdown and the town gets really quiet--then as the sun goes down Saturday and the street lights go on, everyone ...

Be'er Sheva and the Negev desert
Nov 20, 2005

Be'er Sheva was our base while researching and shooting for our main story about Bedouin tribes living in unrecognised villages in the Negev desert.

Days Four and Five : Shalom from Beersheba, Israel
Dec 19, 2008 (4 photos)

... to the world again ! Here's the lowdown on the past couple of days: Day Four :  Paris to Beer Sheva (aka Beersheba, Beersheva), Israel, Thurs. Dec. 18 Ronan correctly noted that we began this day in a taxi in the dark and ended this day in a taxi in the ...

leaving home
Jan 7, 2008

im 23 years old. my mom asking againe if there are snakes in india, and ask me againe to be careful. im in the car on the to the airport. Arik my fraend calls me to say good by - he is my only true fraend.