Bright and early in Battir
‘You want coffee? I need coffee…’ Our red-eyed host was clearly in need of a caffeine fix. We’d been waiting in the honey-coloured courtyard of…
A culinary tour with the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library
It’s gone 8pm and we’re hungry. We’ve driven two hours to our meeting point in the small West Bank town of Sebastiya. It’s dark, and…
A Galilee & Golan getaway
Nimrod Fortress is an extravaganza of a ruin. This epic, crumbling castle stretches more than 400 metres along a commanding ridge high above the Hula…
An alpaca farm in the desert
“Beware of camels near the road” says the huge yellow warning sign. An indication, I’m sure, that we are entering desert territory. Israel’s Negev Desert,…