About every quarter, we pack an overnight bag, leave the dogs with a housesitter, and drive the two-and-a-half hours from LA to San Diego to visit my favorite cousin, Randy, and his long-time girlfriend, Lisa. Wonderful people, warm, hospitable and friendly, Lisa is a Catholic who attends mass, well, religiously, and Randy is a bit of an atheist. In fact, he seems to have embraced food as his religion, and Greg and I inevitably come home with a “meat hangover” by Sunday evening.
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Ramadan, the most important Muslim holiday, is celebrated for the whole month, and it changes almost everything about Cairo. Ramadan is a time to get closer to God, making self-sacrifices to be awake and aware of your choices, so people fast all day every day during the month of Ramadan. This means not only no eating, but no drinking (not even a sip of water), no smoking, no sex, and no smoking! I think the no smoking stricture may be harder on the Egyptians than no sex.
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Ramadan, the most important Muslim holiday, is celebrated for the whole month, and it changes almost everything about Cairo. Ramadan is a time to get closer to God, making self-sacrifices to be awake and aware of your choices, so people fast all day every day during the month of Ramadan. This means not only no eating, but no drinking (not even a sip of water), no smoking, no sex, and no smoking! I think the no smoking stricture may be harder on the Egyptians than no sex.
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In honor of the wonderful book Eat, Pray, Love and the movie (which is filming in Bali this month!) Spirit Quest Tours is hosting an “Eat, Pray, and Love Bali” trip in May, 2010. And in honor of that trip, let’s take a little virtual tour of my favorite places in Bali…
Gulingen… about a half an hour outside of Ubud is the little Balinese village of Gulingen. Our driver drops us off at a rice paddie and we walk, single file, through the rice fields, across a lit... Read Full Story
In honor of the wonderful book Eat, Pray, Love and the movie (which is filming in Bali this month!) Spirit Quest Tours is hosting an “Eat, Pray, and Love Bali” trip in May, 2010. And in honor of that trip, let’s take a little virtual tour of my favorite places in Bali…
Gulingen… about a half an hour outside of Ubud is the little Balinese village of Gulingen. Our driver drops us off at a rice paddie and we walk, single file, through the rice fields, across a lit... Read Full Story
In honor of the wonderful book Eat, Pray, Love and the movie (which is filming in Bali this month!) Spirit Quest Tours is hosting an “Eat, Pray, and Love Bali” trip in May, 2010. And in honor of that trip, let’s take a little virtual tour of my favorite places in Bali…
Gulingen… about a half an hour outside of Ubud is the little Balinese village of Gulingen. Our driver drops us off at a rice paddie and we walk, single file, through the rice fields, across a lit... Read Full Story
After you’ve been in Egypt for a little while, even a week, you start to realize that a basic understanding of Arabic must start with the following conversation:
“Saba al khir?” (There are three ways to say Good Morning in Arabic, and this is the most common one. It means “Morning the Good.”)
“Saba al ful!” (This is the second most common, and the most typical response. “Ful” is the way the scent of morning jasmine fills your nostrils, so roughly translated, this means “Morning the Nose H... Read Full Story
After you’ve been in Egypt for a little while, even a week, you start to realize that a basic understanding of Arabic must start with the following conversation:
“Saba al khir?” (There are three ways to say Good Morning in Arabic, and this is the most common one. It means “Morning the Good.”)
“Saba al ful!” (This is the second most common, and the most typical response. “Ful” is the way the scent of morning jasmine fills your nostrils, so roughly translated, this means “Morning the Nose H... Read Full Story
After you’ve been in Egypt for a little while, even a week, you start to realize that a basic understanding of Arabic must start with the following conversation:
“Saba al khir?” (There are three ways to say Good Morning in Arabic, and this is the most common one. It means “Morning the Good.”)
“Saba al ful!” (This is the second most common, and the most typical response. “Ful” is the way the scent of morning jasmine fills your nostrils, so roughly translated, this means “Morning the Nose H... Read Full Story
Travel to Egypt is a marvelous thing. There are many ways to facilitate Egypt travel, from flights that go straight from New York to Cairo, to stops in Amsterdam or London, where you can lay over for the day and enjoy another city and culture while getting over jet lag faster (being in the noon-day sun in your new time zone really helps). A lot of the flights arrive late at night – really, early in the morning, so by the time you reach your hotel, if you can stay up an hour or so, you... Read Full Story
