Ramallah:

Stars & Bucks

31 December 2011 | Living

◄ Palestine is one of those unusual countries without a McDonalds and when the big brands aren’t present you can be pretty certain some strange replacements will pop up. Like Ramallah’s Stars & Bucks coffee shop, right in the centre of Palestine’s de facto capital...

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The Wall – Israel & Palestine

21 December 2011 | Places

▲ The Wall at the Qalandia checkpoint between Ramallah and East Jerusalem ◄  Travelling around Palestine you certainly don’t get away from the Israeli settlements or The Wall – aka the Security Wall, the Separation Wall, the Segregation Wall or the Apartheid Wall...

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Palestine

13 December 2011 | Places

▲ Sunset camels in the Jerusalem Wilderness above the Dead Sea I’ve been travelling around Palestine and then on to Israel. First lesson, there’s nothing dangerous about Palestine. Terrorist talk has comprehensively scared tourists away and the Israelis don’t mak...

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