Posts on NewGeek - Jordan and soon India

Seems I haven't been updating here on posts that were posted on NewsGeek so now's a good time as ever to do it. Although we're already in Goa, India now, the NewsGeek posts are a bit behind and this Sunday the second post about Petra was published. There are cool ones coming soon about Mumbai, India and Hampi.

Meanwhile, here's Frognector in Hampi next to the holy feet of... Rama?

Controlling Colnect from Hampi

Well, I don't write much on this blog and prefer to let you enjoy the pictures. I've recently bought with a hosting provider in Germany. They now replace the setup Colnect had before in the US. Speed should be REALLY improved and, amusingly enough, it's going to cost much less.








So yes, I've managed, with the help of my dear brother Ofer, to setup servers in Germany and make Colnect move to them. All that from an Internet Cafe that has no cafe but rather small gadflies that go directly to one's eyes and can get quite irritating. In addition, considering the kid of one of the operators here that never speaks but always screams horrible. I was sure it's a girl till I saw him without underwear today.

Yesterday we took Frognector for some new shootings in the area. A few of the results are here.

(: Happy Bar-Mitzvah to my beloved nephew Raziel!!! :)

Hampi, India

Currently in Hampi, a small village close to a not-very-interesting city called Hospet in the state of Karnataka in India. Getting here from Mumbai took about 1.5 days from Mumbai as there wasn't any direct train and the train office in Mumbai has misled us to believe there will be a bus taking us from where the train stops to where we need. So it altogether took a train, then rickshaw, then bus, then train again, then waiting for a few hours at the train station, then a short rikshaw, then another bus and when we finally got to the river a short boat ride to cross it. But hey, we made it and reached one of the loveliest places in India.

Our room is pretty basic but has a fantastic view of the river. One of the other guests put a hammock here so that was good :)

Amman, Jordan

Our time in Amman, capital of Jordan, has been nothing less than fantastic and most of it due to our lovely host Mo(hammed) that is a talented artist currently working as a graphic designer. He is Palestinian that has lived many years in Egypt and his family originally from Tul-Karem. We've had lots of fun talking to him, especially considering the fact he comes from a very different culture to ours. The fact people have different cultures and different customs shouldn't stop them from becoming friends and I'm really glad we got to meet Mo and befriend him.

Jordan is surely more brushed up than Egypt. The food is better and it altogether seems more upscale and somewhat more organized. Perhaps it's just my impression and perhaps there's no real place comparing the two neighboring countries anyway.







At the last hours in Amman, before taking the flight out to India, we met up with Layla. She's a cool Jordanian I've met for a few hours some years ago in London. It's been so much fun hanging out with her and the conversation never stopped for a second. She also showed us a very different side of Amman than the one we've seen walking around the city center with Mo.

In short, we'll be back to further explore Jordan another time. Seems we've scratched the tip of the iceberg and that it's a fascinating country to explore.

Little Petra with Frognector

Instead of visiting the famous Petra, we stayed in a cave with a cool Bedouin guy and many other people (volunteers he had, CouchSurfers he hosted and his relatives).

Below are pictures of "Little Petra" which looks quite similar, but smaller. As we were busy with bonfires and knowing a bit about the locals in the area, we didn't have the time to visit the big and world renowned Petra. It should be amazing and we'll probably visit it some day for 3 days as there's so much to see there.