Yasmin

For anyone interested in the adventures of Josh and Yaz across South America, (and then Yasmin's journey to Israel) we assume we'll forget to stay in touch but you can still follow our progress...

Stupidely enough, we embarked ourselved on a 160 km bus trip (meaning 8 hours and a halk ) for the Tibetan settements of Kushanagar to Ooty, in the next State of Tamil Nadu, should you care). After an excruciatingly slow climb through the ...

... 'on peut venir chez elle. On quitte Sam et on rejoint donc Yasmin dans une résidence appelée « Villes de France ». Yasmin habite dans l'immeuble « Paris », à côté des immeubles « Lyon », « Nancy » et ...

... wheelie (I had no idea this was possible on mopeds, and damn if it wasn't unnerving) between races against Rafy and Yasmin's scooter.  And because all good things, but especially the stupidly dangerous ones, should come in threes, Yasmin and I ...

... pair of sandals and trunks to replace the ones I'd left behind in BD (when will I learn to pack properly?). No wait, Yasmin also procured a long-sought Cheer You Up shirt, a brilliant subversion of the smiley face concept that she'd seen everyone in Hong ...

... to keep up with a porter disappearing with our luggage through the throng and traffic of old Damascus streets to the Dar Al Yasmin Hotel  A charming restored palace, one of a number now finding a new existence as boutique hotels within the old ...

... time in the evenings I am missing home a lot. My days are spent at Stars  helping teaching English and also helping Yasmin apply for some funding from various organisations. I have to get a bus which is Air Conditioned (thank god) and then ...

... It was difficult to last until 3 AM on Saturday, though it was great music and friendly people. I had brief conversations with Yasmin (Higher Status Events), the owner of iBreaks, JBass (one of the iBreaks DJ's, and Cynthia, an Edmonton ex-patriate ...

... where Budha first preached Budhism. We need to take a bus or rickshaw from the train station. Before that we need to collect Yasmin’s luggage from her guesthose as she will leaving tonight to Delhi. She only has 1 day in Varanasi. We walked through ...

... when the touts badgered us into renting a jetski since the beach chairs we were using were reserved for paying customers. Recalling Yasmin mentioning a certain apprehension about swimming and not wanting to cough up any more to the touts than necessary, I ...

... own plans: you could see the mixture of fascination and envy growing in Eli (himself a hardcore traveller, like most Israelis I know). Yasmin's plan was to take the Orient Express across Russia then work her way from China down the Pacific Rim.  Like ...

... mothers with five children, wretched hands outstretched pleading with tourists for 1 Quetzal. I guess tomorrow I can go without Chocofruta... 3. Yasmin - For some reason, all the kids I teach are hyper intelligent. I wish I could take credit for it ...

... begeben, essen wir erstmal in einem lokalen Restaurant, wo alles, auch die Tortillas, von Hand frisch hergestellt wird. Yasmin erklaert uns die verschiedenen lokalen Spezialitaeten und wir bestellen eine Auswahl. "Nicht so scharf" hat fuer Mexikaner ...

... le Portuguais. Un polyglotte, un vrai... Le bus nous a laissé à côté de chez les filles ; lorsqu'on est arrivé, seule Yasmin était là. On comptait aller à un concert de musique du moyen-âge et de la renaissance, Yasmin s'est motivée et y est ...