Living in Egypt: A Human Review
Our full guide to living in Cairo and Egypt, for anyone considering moving there. Everything including safety, language, religion, money, costs and more.… Read More
Best Free Resources to Learn Swahili (2019)
From people learning Swahili every day in Tanzania, the best resources we’ve found for learning Swahili online.… Read More
The Perfect Dead Sea 3-Day Itinerary
The Dead Sea is one of the biggest attractions in Israel and the West Bank and the place I was most looking forward to when we decided to add Israel / Palestine to our travel plans. During our time here, … Read More
Guide to Living in Tel Aviv for a “Local” Life (2019)
Visiting for Eurovision? Or just for fun? Here’s a guide to living in Tel Aviv for the medium-term visitor: where to stay, how to pay for things, where to get a sim and everything else you need to know.… Read More
Hebrew Words and Phrases to Make you Sound Local
A list of everyday Hebrew words and phrases to sound like a local in Israel.… Read More
How Far and Fast Should You or I Be Able to Run?
If you have running goals, you have to decide: how far do you aim to run? And how fast? Here’s me benchmarking myself and setting goals for everything from the 100m run to the 100 mile ultra marathon.… Read More
“This Part of the World Between Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon”
The complicated politics of nation, cultural identity and religion in Israel, Palestine or whatever you want to call “this part of the world”.… Read More
Running techniques: Chi, Pose, Natural and others
Comparing running methods: ChiRunning, Pose running, Natural running, barefoot running and others. What do they have in common, and what are the differences?… Read More
I Learned Ten Sentences of Hebrew a Day for a Month… Here’s What Happened
I learned Hebrew for an hour a day for 30 days, using a new technique: learning 10 sentences and recording myself. Here’s the result — me speaking.… Read More
Preventing Running Injuries — Summary of “Ready to Run”
A summary of all the lessons from the book Ready to Run, a book on preventing running injuries, by Kelly Starrett and PJ Murphy.… Read More