Alex Shnitman » Trips http://www.hectic.net Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:10:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Makhtesh Ramon http://www.hectic.net/2011/01/09/makhtesh-ramon/ http://www.hectic.net/2011/01/09/makhtesh-ramon/#comments Sun, 09 Jan 2011 09:55:30 +0000 Alex Shnitman http://www.hectic.net/?p=562

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Venturing far far away to see the sunrise....

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Negev desert

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Zurich (had a few hours between flights..)

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Norway

]]> http://www.hectic.net/2009/09/13/norway/feed/ 0 Notes from Spain http://www.hectic.net/2009/05/08/notes-from-spain/ http://www.hectic.net/2009/05/08/notes-from-spain/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 14:03:32 +0000 Alex Shnitman http://www.hectic.net/?p=92 Who said airports are boring? Sometimes that’s where you start the adventure. Standing in the baggage claim area with all the other people, squinting at the entrance hole of the conveyor, hoping to see your bag finally roll out… Sounds familiar. Until you realize that everyone else has already left and you’re standing there all by yourself. And then the conveyor belt stops. Does that sound familiar too? Ugh-oh…

The one that was missing was our large duffel bag containing all the camping equipment. Thankfully it wasn’t lost — it just came out on the “special baggage” belt at the other side of the hall. That’s how big it was. We nicknamed it “jumbo”, and the security guy on the return flight asked the obvious body count question immediately as he saw it. Thank God we didn’t have to carry it on our backs.

Next stop: car rental. Here we paid for being cheap by having to stand in the longest line. (Mean waiting time at the Europcar booth: 2 minutes. At the Avis booth: 3 minutes. Solmar: 30 minutes…) But there was a reward at the end: after fumbling in the “C” drawer for a set of keys for . . . → Read More: Notes from Spain]]> http://www.hectic.net/2009/05/08/notes-from-spain/feed/ 0 Trip to the north http://www.hectic.net/2009/03/30/trip-to-the-north/ http://www.hectic.net/2009/03/30/trip-to-the-north/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:20:03 +0000 Alex Shnitman http://hectic.net/wp/?p=42

Wadi Dalton

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