[caption id="attachment_4277" align="alignnone" width="960"] The whole travel group for the trip to Burma/Myanmar with Letyar.[/caption] After a long but very comfortable (and fancy!) flight, the UF Travel Group finally arrived in Yangon, Myanmar! We took taxis from the airport, and a few things hit us straight...
Sadly, it’s time for our last day here in Israel and Jerusalem. So far we have had the privilege to meet with a wide range of people, representatives, organisations and companies. Today is no different. After breakfast at the hostel here in Jerusalem we had...
After the eventful day in Hebron, most of us were left with a lot of questions. Fortunately for us, Tuesday meant three different meetings who we hoped could provide us with answers. [caption id="attachment_3962" align="alignnone" width="978"] Andrea and Karin.[/caption] The first meeting of the day was at...
On Monday the group travelled to Hebron, the largest city in the West Bank. Given it’s history of conflict, it is often said that the city serves as a thermometer for the state of Israeli-Palestinian relations as a whole - “If it’s calm in Hebron,...
On Sunday morning we packed our things and headed for Jerusalem. It quickly became apparent, that even though we had only travelled for 40 minutes, the atmosphere between the two cities was vastly different. We were now in a city that was fundamentally diverse, more...
After finally getting a whole night's sleep we woke up well-rested and excited, ready to get to know Tel Aviv. We took a walk to the neighborhood of Jaffa, which used to be it's own city but in the 40s it became a part of...
At 3am we arrived at our hostel here in Tel Aviv and the party was still going strong. We, however, were not. After a terribly hot flight followed by a terribly cold one we were both physically and mentally exhausted. But we were also intrigued...
This Thursday (1/12) it’s finally time for UF Uppsala’s first trip of the semester: we’re going to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv! On this blog we will be updating frequently about our experiences so that all members get the change to learn about the places we...