So there have few more tourist activities in Israel. Since my last update, I have been to Jerusalem, Nazareth, Jordon River, Tiberias & Capernaum to name a few places. I am not a Christian and nor a Jew religiously and so I was amazed with the history the Israel has to offer. My highlight so far was Jerusalem.

Jerusalem just has another feeling to the town. The town with white walls has so much history layered in the walls and is such a spiritual place. Someday, I would like to visit Jerusalem once again.

Well one thing I am addicted while in Israel are my evening walks on the beach in Tel Aviv. Just amazing walking on the beach and it gets really crowded too. I truly wish I can keep up with the daily walking habbit back in Melbourne.

Reporting on last week's activities, I did a tour of Haifa, Acco, Caesarea and Rosh HaNikara.

My experience/learning is as below: -

1. Compared to Tel Aviv, I found Haifa to be an awesome city. It is as High Techy as Tel Aviv. I saw Google office on the way.
2. The Bahai garden in Haifa is just amazing. It is a shame people cannot in the garden to visit it.
3. Haifa has other industries then high tech industries.
4. Learned that people can overspeed upto 130 Km/Hour without police really stopping them (as per the guide)
5. The tour guides son's is a some Major General in Israeli army.
6. Most of the drivers in Israel are bad drivers to my taste. They just don't get the concept of being a good driver.
7. I have never eaten so much salad in my life that now I consume in Israel. Seems to be salad capital.
8. There is so much history in Israel that if you love history, you can almost spend months going through different things here. I am not a history person, so following most of the stories in Caesarea was an issue for me. Some prior reasearch on the places and history related to these places can do some good.
9. I now have the temptation of buying my own place some day in Haifa. It is a city that is build on a mountain, must be a difficult task, but nicely executed.
10. Rosh Hanikara is a miracle of nature. They are caves cut by waves in the limestone rock. Experience the sound of waves cutting through the saves was an experience in itself.
11. Acco has a lot of history but is a beautiful old town as well. Some prior research into history is advisable to get the most out of this place.
12. There are just so many layers of history in Israel, some thin and some thick.
13. People are so proud of the fact that Israel is truly democratic country.
14. I will mention is again, driving is bad here, reminds me of bad driving in India. Amazingly I have only seen one accident upto date of my tour to Haifa, that too a car had a crash with the stones on the road side.
15. On my way to Haifa, I saw Cisco, Microsoft, CA and other big companies just outside of Tel Aviv. I heard the news that Steve Ballmer was in Microsoft Israel few days back.

I want to write so much, but getting not enough time on the Internet these days. Will post pictures soon.

Hey Guys, had another awesome weekend in Israel. More updates to follow soon as I get a chance to write about it.

Alright, it is nearly a week since I landed in Tel Aviv, Israel. How's my stay so far? It's an experience I would say.

Walking down the streets of Israel reminds me so much of some cities in India. So what are the things I have tried/done/experiences so far?

> I have walked on the Ben Yehuda street and find some good and some bad restaurants
> I have found a lot of places where I can do the laundry myself but haven't not tried them yet
> I have walked to Jaffa city to Hotel Sheraton on the beach and really enjoyed the walk
> I have made it a point to go for evening walks on the beach half way to Jaffa city from Hotel Sheraton
> I have been to mount Masada and Dead Sea
> Walking around Jaffa city was great
> I have sat in various taxis and enjoyed my ride
> Nobody seems to follow speeding rules here, I was in a taxi today driving at 140 Km/hr when the speed zone was only 90 Km/hr. It was fun
> I have cut my leg walking in the Dead Sea
> I have experienced that the Conscierre at my hotel does not know much
> I have experienced a lot of difficulties trying to figure out things in Hebrew, as I did not see too many sign boards in English
> I love the multicultural environment that I see from time to time
> I love some of the friendly people I see at my office
> I love how most offices have their own canteens and serve you food there
> I love how my breakfast is included in my hotel stay and they have a good range of food available even for Vegetarian like myslef
> I loved the fact that one of the taxi drivers speaking Hebrew had a hindi song CD in his car and he impressed me by singing and speaking a bit of hindi.

Things that can improve my stay.

> It would have helped having more signs in English. I can appreciate the need for Hebrew signs, but lack of signs in English is not inviting for International visitors
> My Pizza Hut experience was horrible here. The service was horrible and so was the pizza. They did not even have plates to serve. Had to eat on a cardboard.

Overall, I am loving my experience so far. Looking forward to exploring more of Israel on the weekend. Anybody have any more tips for me?

After a long time I come back to my blog. The update this time is, I am in Tel Aviv, Israel visiting for work reasons. Arrived here on 14th May and will be here up to a month. Having spend a day in Israel, walking the streets here, reminds me so much about India. The weather is so beautiful as well (at least so far).

I would love to catch up with people here in Tel Aviv. Anybody wanting to catch up? Any suggestions as to what to see when? Any tips?