"Airport passengers may have to pass through tight security screening, but the luggage they check in can easily end up as swag for thieves. Even though Budapest Airport and the company that handles luggage claim that checked baggage is closely monitored, in reality dishonest staff can easily game the system. more »

With so much amazing history running through my imagination I set out to visit Jerusalem and Bethlehem, leaving my suitcase at the hotel at Tel Aviv in the safe keeping of the kind porters, who wouldn't accept a tip. more »

Also included in this trip, booked via the helpful staff at the Sheraton Moriah Tel Aviv, was a journey to Bethlehem. The ‘City of Jesus’, proved to be equally amazing as expected. As these days it’s under the control of the Palestinian National Authority we left our Israeli guide behind and met up with a friendly Arab who showed us around this town of just 27,000 inhabitants. more »