Mis vahepeal põnevat toimunud on?
Mul käisid Eestist 2 sõbrannat külas paariks päevaks. Nagu kõik turistid kogu maailmas, tahtsid ka nemad Surnumerd külastada ja seal hõljuda. (NB! Minu arvates on seda suht mannetu SurnuMEREks kutsuda, kuna ka Peipsi järv on suurem kui see. Hmm, äkki peaks siis seda samuti Peipsi MEREks kutsuma?) Teel sinnapoole varastati mu sõbrannal checkpointis rahakott ära. Pass oli õnneks eraldi. Küsisime abi Iisraeli turvatöötajatelt ning kaamerasalvestiste abil tuvastati, et tegemist oli naisega, kes kandis hijabi. Otseselt see teadmine meid kuidagi ei aidanud, aga kergelt silmakirjalik tundub küll.
Ühel hommikul kutsuti mind Hispaania Festivalile hip-hopi klassi andma. Te võite ainult ette kujutada kui imeliselt suudavad araabia kultuurikeskkonnas elavad hispaanlased midagi korraldada :D :D. Mingi festival nagu toimub ja inimestelt küsiti selle eest 80 NIS (siinset hinnataset arvestades on see väga palju), aga mis täpselt ja kuidas, seda ei teadnud keegi. Lõbus oli ikka

So what has happened in the meanwhile?
I had 2 friends visting me from Estonia for a few days. And like all tourists in the world they also wanted to float on the Dead Sea. ( By the way, i think it is really funny that they are calling it the DeadSEA, cause it is really small - even Peipsi lake is bigger than that. Maybe we should call Peipsi lake, Peipsi SEA instead?) On the way my friend got her wallet stolen while crossing the checkpoint. Luckily the passport was not together with the wallet. She actually got the chance to see the security footage, and she did saw who was it - a woman with a hijab. This knowledge didn 't really help us to get it back, but it is a little bit hypocritic.
One morning I was invited to give a hip-hop class at the Spanish festival. Well, you can only imagine how well-organized is a festival that is organized by spanish people living in arabic culture. There is some festival going on and they actually asked 80 NIS for the entrance ( which is a lot here), but what is going on exactly or when or where, knowbody knew. But it was still fun :).

Ma olen vahepeal isegi avastanud araabia muusikat, mis mulle meeldib ning ma ei ole kade :

I have also discovered some arabic music i actually enjoy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0aPuIpOAoc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwS0q-k1bPY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W4zAajdHF0

Pühapäeval käisime Nabluses ning mul õnnestus näha palestiinlaste tõelist palet, kui miski neid närvi ajab. Nabluses on juba nädal aega käinud mingi komejant politsei ja kohaliku kuritegeliku gängi vahel. Selles komejandis on ka 2 politseiniku ja mõned gangiliikmed surma saanud. Politseil õnnestus gangi liider vangistada ja seejärel  teda nõnda tõsiselt peksta, et mees ei elanud seda üle. Meie sealoleku ajal toimus  matuserongkäik siis selle tegelase auks. Silma järgi ütleks küll, et kuskil 2000 inimest olid tänavatel.

We visited nablus this Sunday and I managed to see the true power of the Palestinians if something is upsetting them. There has been something going on in Nablus already a week or so and the people were having a funeral parade for one of the people who died. I would say that there were around 2000 people on the streets showing respect to this guy. 

Kuna mul on olnud päris palju võimalust siinkandis ringi trippida, siis mõned soovitused kõigile, kes siiakanti tulevikus plaanivad trippida:

- Külasta kindlasti nii Läänepanka kui ka Iisraeli! Kontrast on päris suur.
- West Bank on üldiselt kõvasti odavam kui Iisrael ( va Jericho ja Surnumere ümbrus).
- Matka! See ei ole siin nii lihtne kui www.rmk.ee lehelt radade ülesleidmine, kuid igal juhul seda väärt! Ma tegin paar patka raamatust "25 walks in Palestine", kuid siin on ka mitmeid päriselt märgistatud radasid.
Ja minu lemmikpaigad siiamaani:
- Wadi Qelt
- Masada kindlus
- Ramoni kraater Negev'i kõrbes
- Golan'i mäed & Galilee järv - looduse pärast põhiliselt!
- Nabluse vanalinn - see on küll natuke sarnane Jeruusalemma vanalinnaga
- Ei soovita karaokeõhtute külastamist, ei soovi täpsemalt rääkida sellest. :D

Since I have had quite a few opportuinities to travel around, I will give you guys a few hints:

- Definetly visit both sides! The contrast is huge. 
-West bank is a lot cheaper than Israel (except Jericho and the Dead Sea areas).
- Hike! It is not as easy as using www.rmk.ee, but it is worth it! I did a few hikes from the book "25 walks in Palestine", but there are also marked trails. 
And my favourite places so far:
- Wadi Qelt - it is a desert valley before Jericho. It is really something special if you haven't been to desertlike landscapes before. 
- Masada Fortress. Also impressive for the same reason. 
- Ramon crater in the Negev desert. Feels like planet Mars. 
- Golan hights and the see of Galilee (yes, another "SEA"). Worth visting because of the nature!
- Oldtown of Nablus. It is a little bit similar with the old town of Jerusalem, but there is something special to it. 
- I don't reccomend visting arabic karaoke nights and I dont wanna speak about it. :D 

Päikest!! Varsti olen koduteel!