A 70 Mega Pixel Panorama

This is a 70 Megapixel but resized view of the entire Old City of Jerusalem! All the buildings are of the same color and made of the same Limestone! This city is built over Mount Zion which houses the most sacred places on Earth of Christianity and Judaism. The moutain in front of you is where Jesus was crucified. I tool this picture from the Mount of Olives, where Jesus was said to have been in agony and there is a church named "The Church of Agony" behind me (not in this picture). It was a once in a life time experience going to Jerusalem and after seeing such old places I feel this was the place to come for work! And yes Jerusalem is where you see a lot of Arabs. More pictures to follow to show you exactly how the city and the people look but for now enjoy this!




Instructions to view the picture: If you use Windows XP and view the picture in the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer then click on the 4th icon from the at the bottom (Actual Size) and then see the picture.

More from Tel Aviv

I finally met some Muslims (Palestinians) here...
Ok my taxi driver yesterday morning was one.
He asked me which country I was from and the moment I said India he asked me about a very familiar name!
He said, "India! Amitabh Bachchan...I no understand da languaage but I see Indiaan film, Amitabh Bachchan"
and then he gave me another news which I didn't know!
"India Israel brothers! Israel, Palestine, Insha allah....India Muslim, Israel Muslim...!"
(No offence)

And today morning my taxi driver offered me a Benson and Hedges cigerrette and when I said NO he offered me beer which I declined too!
He just threw up his arms!

About the girls...well forget about the beach as most of the girls on the beaches are tourists.
But see the girls in the streets...I wouldn't mind saying, God makes and sends the most beautiful and pretty women in the world to Israel.
They are simply so very beautiful....
I mean almost every 3rd or 4th girl is a damsel!

I am thinking of asking my Mom to stop worrying about finding a girl for me.

but yes they scream a lot here in Israel.
Probably that is how they talk.
Everybody except in the office is screaming!

And about work,
This Russian guy who's come here is a genius!
He's from a company called Spirit who deal with media codec designing and stuff...
He's from Moscow and I am to work with for the rest of my stay here in Israel.

I mean he exudes knowledge in his words!

I am simply amazed!
He fixed 2 out of 8 major issues within half an hour!
He came in like a complete geek, with his own set of hardware and gadgets to connect to his laptop while working and the moment his machine was ready he was flying!

Wow!

but the language is a problem.

His English is a Z prefixed language!

Something like,

Normal: "So that could be a problem and this is how we can fix it"

Alex (Russian guy) : "Zso zthat khould be a probelame and zthis is how we can fixz it"\

Sounds funny huh!

Deal with it all day and you'll know!

And most importantly it has been not even a week and I have started missing home. :(

P.S. :I went to a discotheque and danced around for the first time in my life! And I liked the experience! Will go again for sure when I find time again!

Tel Aviv and Israeli Food - I

Ok, the place where I am staying is the heart and centre of the city.
A 5-10 minutes walk from the beach.
My apartment is a single room studio apartment with a bathroom, kitchenette, and a balcony that opens towards the main street.
Things are pretty expensive here if you convert your expenses to INR. :)
Coke is much cheaper than water.

a 250 ml of water bottle that costs Rs 9 in India now costs something around Rs 70 here!
Coke cans are Rs 45-50 or something.
Most shops keep open till 0300 hrs in the night!
Its all safe as you can see girls who by the Indian standards are almost always scantily clad, move around all night and I see them walking alone.

No signs of Army in the city except for the one off soldier waiting for a vehicle or something....probably they go to Jerusalem as I see them on the road to Jerusalem.
Traffic is superfast here. (120 kmph is normal speed)
Taxis are anything between a Skoda Octavia and a Mercedez Benz.
It takes just 40 minutes from here to Jerusalem which is 60 kms away!

Food!
At office, my peers take me to a different restaurant everyday so that I get to taste as much Israeli food as possible.

At night, the first night here I just played safe and took a burger from McDonalds and yesterday I had a Shavarma Roll which is actually Arab food and I have had it in Bangalore.
But in Bangalore it is Chicken and here it is Turkey.
Not much beef is eaten here. they say it is 99% Chicken/Turkey.

I had "Chicken Breast with some kinda sauce yesterday" (I dont exactly remember the name) and I had "Shikar kua" or something like that and tasted a little bit of "Homos"
The first one is a dish made of eggs and tomato sauce with lots of other stuff in it and the other one was I dont know what. It was supposed to be taken with Peter bread which looks similar to the buns we have in India, just a little more flat and the speciality is that it has a pouch in it!

People eat rather early here, Lunch is at 1100 hrs!
The office is good, you have 5 different types of coffee and 2 types of Tea to choose from.

fortunately there is water too! yes I have been craving for it...they dont drink water at all...

Beer, Milk, Fruits anything you want and as much as you want...I take only the fruits.
People are friendly.
I will explore the city more once I have a little more time after tomorrow and will send you updates. :)

By the way the beaches are beautiful and the babes are hot! ;)