Today I crossed the border into the Palestine territory, Bethlehem. I had to go with a tour as it was deemed unsafe to travel within the Palestine territories alone. On approach to the huge concrete walls not too far outside of Jerusalem it was clear from the signs that Israeli citizens were prohibited for fear of death.. which was reassuring! On entering Bethlehem I was surprised to realise to see how beautiful it was, all the buildings and the very artistic gra...

Day 2 or 1 as you can't really count the evening arrival as Day 1! So after an amazing nights sleep and being woken up twice by the Synagogue's calling for prayer I decided it was time to get up and go and discover What Jerusalem had to offer! I was a little apprehensive as to what awaiting me outside the doors of the hostel but I soon found out I was in the middle if the Israeli rat race that was the old city. Hundreds of tiny walkways undercover made it feel l...

So it's here the adventure begins.... after an extreamly trauma free journey to Israel I arrive at around 7.20pm, collected my visa and headed out of the airport to find a ride to Jerusalem. I had originally intended to get a shurrot which is a shared taxi, kind of like a shuttle bus, the downside to this is that you have to wait for them to fill up before they go. I got chatting to a guy who sat near me on the plane and we decided to share a taxi. It was getting...