Pilgrim’s Blog

Distance: 27.8 km – Elevation +740 m -610 m Weather: Sunny. Temperature: High 30 degrees I enjoyed my stay in the Sun Ray hostel and the old harbour and castle in Kyrenia were well worth visiting, also the day spent enjoying Famagusta. However, today was about walking again. After a leisurely breakfast, I set out around 9 am to cross the Kyrenia Mountains to reach Nicosia.  It was a glorious morning as I found my way

Distance: 22.2 km – Elevation +230 m -130 m Weather: Sunny. Thunderstorm. Temperature: High 30 degrees The Nex hostel was excellent. The rooms were clean with comfortable beds. There was a large well-stocked kitchen where I was able to prepare a simple but filling breakfast which I enjoyed on the roof terrace. It was a beautiful warm Sunday morning, very still with clear blue skies. The view from the rooftop terrace across the rooftops to the

Distance: 31.8 km – Elevation +120 m -370 m Weather: Sunny. Temperature: High 28 degrees It was a fresh morning when I started walking just after 7 am. Yesterday’s storm had cleared the humidity of the past few days. It was a short walk to the village of Pera Chorio, and Hannah from George’s Villa sped past on a moped and waved as she rode by.  The streets of the village were deserted and quiet but

Weather: Sunny. Temperature: High 27,27 degrees Tuesday 22nd October The Rebioz Hotel was located close to the main harbour of Larnaca and a 30-minute walk from the old town where the St.Lazarus Church is located which was my prime destination for today. The hotel did not have a restaurant so I was in need of breakfast when I left at 9.30 am. From the hotel I took the back streets in the hope that I would

Distance: 420.0 km – Elevation +8030 m -7970 m Weather: Larnaca: rain. Temperature: High 24 degrees, Tel Aviv: Sunny. Temperature: High 27 degrees There were thunderstorms during the night and the thunder and lightning woke me from a rather fitful sleep before the alarm I had set for 5.30 am. In those early moments of awakening, my thoughts reminded me that today I would reach Israel, the last of the eleven countries that I needed to

Distance: 7.43 km – Elevation +70 m -100 m Weather: Sunny. Temperature: High 28 degrees It was another beautiful warm morning with clear blue skies as I sat on the roof terrace for breakfast. I had decided overnight to stay one more day in Tel Aviv. I would have liked to have stayed in south Tel Aviv to further explore Jaffa but Meir’s Boutique Guesthouse was fully booked, so I decided to head north and booked

Distance: 26.5 km – Elevation +200 m -150 m Weather: Showers at start then Sunny. Temperature: High 25 degrees It was 8.00 am when I walked out of the guest house to be greeted by an unexpectedly overcast morning. Breakfast was not available at my accommodation and I was feeling decidedly hungry as I walked along HaYarkon Street with its line of palm trees in the central reservation. It was a Saturday morning, the Jewish Sabbath—Shabbat

Distance: 26.0 km – Elevation +360 m -250 m Weather: Sunny. Temperature: High 27 degrees It was Sunday morning, the holiest day of the week for Christians, the “Lord’s Day” and generally a day of rest, but for both Jews and Muslims it was the first day of the working week. Elena was waiting for me as I left the bedroom, she had prepared a good breakfast for me and after, as I was leaving, she

Distance: 24.6 km – Elevation +660 m -230 m Weather: Sunny. Temperature: High 26 degrees The kibbutz at Nahshon was founded in 1950 by immigrants who were members of the Socialist Zionist youth movement, Hashomer Hatzair. I slept well and rose early knowing that Shaikoo had to leave for his work in Tel Aviv. So after breakfast I thanked Shaikoo for his hospitality and started walking just before 7.00 am. I had planned a route which

Distance: 20.2 km – Elevation +490 m -380 m Weather: Sunny. Temperature: High 25 degrees Situated in the Judean Hills at an elevation of 700 metres, the Neve Ilan Kibbutz Outpost was founded in October 1946 on land purchased from a local Arab by the Jewish Natonal Fund. The primary aim was to create an outpost to protect the main and only route into Jerusalem that ran through the Ayalon Valley below, Surrounded by numerous Arab