(Nearly) robbed

Let it go
Everybody warned me, but I had to defy it and walk home at night…. Most nights when I went out I left my phone at home, had no valuables than the Rand I wanted to spend, and my ID card… So in case that someone would rob me I would give them the cash, and […] Read More

Construction

Let it go
Hong Kong is like one big construction site. Streets are being torn up and closed, houses torn down and replaced with new, ever higher apartment towers. Hong Kong does not have much pity or sympathy with its older, historic buildings. I would estimate 80% of buildings are not much older than the 1970s… The hammering […] Read More

Feeling safe

Let it go
I know I do live in a special bubble in Tel Aviv. This city is not representative for Israel, and the country around is different. At least that’s what I hear, besides the trip to Jerusalem I have not seen anything, so I must rely on what my friends tell me. With its young, somewhat […] Read More