More Than Four Sides

Category: outside the US

  • Day #3 – “It’s flat”

    Well, at least for the “On-Road” group of riders, one message that became abundantly clear to all of us was that Israeli bicyclists, when talking about elevations and the number of hills to climb, invariably LIE!! (i hope no one is offended by that, but it’s the truth). True – our third day of riding…

  • Day 2 – the dreaded climb!

    This first photo shows us at the rest stop after taking a nice easy, gorgeous ride up the coast of the Dead Sea – it was so beautiful that i didn’t take photos!!! This was the best pit stop as far as bathrooms went – AC and everything! The departure for the climb was the…

  • End of Day #1…resting up for the climb!

    I stayed at a youth hostel in Ein Gedi, with the rest of the “On-Road” riders, and Ron’s “Challenge” group, as well as the “Off-Road” group, went 20km further to Masada. The first photo shows me standing on the edge of the road, as we caught our first glimpse of the Dead Sea. The next…

  • In Ein Gedi after the first day of riding

    Took quite a few beautiful (and less than beautiful) photos today, our first day of riding out of Jerusalem on our way to Eilat. It started in pouring rain, and we were all waiting around getting soaked and shivering while they got the opening ceremony started, and finally let us out of the road. Then…

  • Alyn Hospital Tour

    On Friday mid-day, after we got back from our short ride to Yad Kennedy (a memorial to JFK located in West Jerusalem – the photo at the right shows Ron and Michael in front of the memorial) – Ron went off to run some errands, while I stayed back at Alyn Hospital for a tour.…

  • On the way to WOL (Wheels of Love)

    Here are Ron and I standing on an overlook on the western outskirts of Jerusalem, on a short bike ride with another rider, Michael, on Friday morning, to stretch out the legs after our flight in from JFK the day before! WOL – Wheels of Love – is a benefit bicycle ride in it’s 6th…

  • 3 weeks in Uganda

    Well, I arrived 2 weeks ago, on March 18th, and, although I’ve had a running conversation in my head of observations on conditions here, I have yet to put any of it in writing and post it, as I had planned. So, with an unexpected weekend back in Kampala, with reliable electricity and internet connectivity,…

  • My friend, Wanjiku Ngugyi

    Wanjiku Ngugyi is an extraordinary woman, whom I met at the Nairobi Synagogue. I had known about her, when I visited the Abayudaya Community in Mbale, Uganda (I’ll post some photos, and describe my wonderful visit to this community in another posting). I met three children in Uganda who were Kenyan orphans, whom Wanjiku had…

  • Why World Citizen?

    When I was about 15 years old, my mother asked me to meet with an extraordinary woman with a remarkable name – Syrtilla Kabat. We talked for awhile about life (mine, hers, my mother’s, my father’s), and at the end of our discussion, she said “Janaki – your are a citizen of the world!” In…