The Travel Path

“Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” - Miriam Beards

Departed America, November 11th 2007.


Countries Traveled in Order:


Egypt—Five Months—CouchSurfed two weeks in Cairo, and House-sat for one week in Dahab.
The entire time I traveled the country of Egypt slowly.



Jordan—One Month—Couchsurfed two nights in Amman. Traveled the tourist route except for staying in Amman and Irbid in the north.



Syria—One Month—Rented a room in Damascus for 12 days, Couchsurfed for five nights in Aleppo. I did visit the east near the border of Iraq. Traveled the tourist route the remaining time.



Lebanon—Two Months—House Sat for the enitre two months "nine weeks" in Beirut. I took three day trips; Tyre/Sidon, Baalbek, and Byblos.


In transit to Turkey through Syria, I stopped in Damascus and rented a room for four nights.



Turkey—Two and a Half Months—Traveled the Southeast, East, Northeast and the Black Sea coast during Rammadan. Then Traveled south through Ankara through the interior to the south coast. After most of the non-touist locations of Turkey, but rich in culture, I traveled the toruist route of the West.


In transit to Israel via Athens from Istanbul, I couchsurfed one night in Thessaloniki, and I stayed in Athens for two nights.


In transit to Israel from Athens I spent one day "lay over" in Larnaca on Cypress



Israel/Palestine—Three Months—Couchsurfed three different times for a total of six days. Stayed on an Organic farm for five weeks—stay with the sister of the organic family for one week, and then stayed at her brothers house for four nights. After, I rented a room in Jerusalem for three weeks. I rented a car for four days to travel the north. The rest of the nights were in hostles around Israel. I took day trips to Ramallah, Jerico, and Bethlehem in the West Bank.


Greece—Two Months—Couchsufred total of nine nights, three nights on Crete, four nights in Kalamata, and two nights in Athens. I stayed at an organic farm for two weeks in the area of Patras. I traveled Crete for two weeks, Athens for a week in total, and Peloponnese the remaining time. Travleing north I visited Delphi and Meteora.


Currently nesting in Bulgaria—Entered April 15 2009. I couchsurfed in Sofia for one week, and then House-sit in the mountians of Tryavna for five weeks. Headed back to Soifa and couchsurfed with the same person for two weeks. After, I house sat for three weeks in Dryanovo in the Tryavna area. After house sitting the person I couchsurfed with offered me their vacated house of their late grandparents in a small village near Parvomay. 


I am nesting in the village in Bulgaria and planning to head north toward Poland in April.

Flying time: 
A oneway fiight from San Francisco via Amsterdam to Cairo.
One round trip fight from Athens to Tel Aviv.