Peleg Cohen … has completed 133 UN countries as he gives back to the local community as he travels
Peleg has been on the road for over 13 years with no end in sight Peleg is a from a small town, just miles from the Lebanese border. In 2006, his military unit was called up for the war with Lebanon. He spent a month in combat. After this experience, he revisited the direction of his life. He decided he needed to follow his heart and passion and began traveling the world to learn and experience. Originally he brokered a deal with his family where he planned on traveling for four years before returning to lead a more traditional life. Those 4 years turned into 13 years, with no plan to stop. And check out our new sponsor - The Journey by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines - take a listen and subscribe! Peleg has a passion for volunteering, and spent time working on many projects throughout the world from a favela in Brazil, living at the Smokey Mountain dump in Manila, and a school in Uganda. Pelleg is an extremely popular travel blogger in Israel, [...]
Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day Five
Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day Five. Today was the day. The climax. The denouement. We started off with a leisurely tour of the Museum of History in the town of Baikonur. We were expecting to see our guide, Amina, from the day before, but she was nowhere to be found. We speculated that we exhausted her from our barrage of questions from the previous day. Subbing in, was our guide, Misha, from the two days prior. Misha gallantly took us through the museum noting the highlights of the Soviet/Russian space program. Our group of space geeks immediately broke into an abrupt laughter when Misha yanked a stuffed dog (playing the role of the first dog in space) out of a miniature capsule. He stared back like a deer in headlights, totally perplexed at our reaction. I imagine he is still confused today. Photos provided courtesy of Prof. Thomas J. Brady There is also a small gift shop (really just someone's office) where I picked up some very cool and [...]
Samer Kawar … has completed 145 UN countries, while marrying his passion for travel and architecture
Samer has managed to work full time as an architect as he chases 193 Samer shared with me that he's driven to travel by FOMO and YOLO. The fear of missing out and you only live once, pushes him to plan constantly so he can maximize travel to the fullest. He is continually researching, creating lists, and making future travel itineraries. Samer has travel in his blood. From an early age he made multiple trips to Jordan and Syria to visit family. This opened the door to travel as a kid. And before he was even a teenager, he methodically learned and memorized geography data and trivia. In fact, he had already determined that he would travel to every country in the world. Please check out our sponsor The Journey - A Podcast by KLM Samer visited China as a 16 year old and went backpacking in Europe before he even started university. He shares with us how he nearly lost his cool in the Abidjan airport and his frustrations in the Miami airport. He tells [...]
Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day Four
Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day Four. Today was going to be a bit low key compared to the previous, action-packed, day. I crammed down some sort of egg creation for breakfast and met the group for our 10:00 am departure in Lenin Square. The day was sunny and even a bit warm. We were to spend the day visiting the Cosmodrome and visiting multiple sites. This is the fourth part in a multi-series, click here to go to the beginning. We exited the town of Baikonur and proceeded to the checkpoint at the Cosmodrome. The Cosmodrome is a vast area of area 700 square kilometers. Scattered throughout this area are multiple launch pads, hangars, airports, offices, hotels, museums, railway, chemical plants, and measurement point installations. Incredible feats of technology take place within the space port, yet first looks can be a bit deceiving. Many buildings and structures are a better fit for an Urbex’s wet dream than my image of a high-tech mecca. So many buildings were in [...]
Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day Three
Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day Three. I awoke to darkness, and today was going to be an exciting and busy day. I gobbled down a quick breakfast of eggs and tea at the hotel, and the group was on the bus before 6:30 am. We entered the Cosmodrome after a brief security check. We headed to the Hanger at Pad 112, where the Soyuz rocket is assembled. The Soyuz spacecraft is launched on the Soyuz rocket, which has been in use since the early 1960s. And in two days, this rocket will be bringing three men to the International Space Station. The rocket is brought via train to Site No 1, better known as today, as Gagarin’s Start, which is the launch pad for Soyuz rockets. In darkness, the rocket protruded out of the Hanger, slowly oozing out on a train bed. Workers and security forces supervised the rocket’s slow journey. Two hundred something space tourists thronged the area snapping photos. This is a multi-part series. Click here for [...]
A Guide: Seven Days In Oman
A Guide: Seven Days In Oman. Oman is the Quiet Man of the Middle East. Think about, you don’t hear much about it compared to its neighbors. War in Yemen and Syria. The ongoing violence in Iraq. Turmoil in Lebanon and Jordan with a tidal wave of refugees. Strife in Israel with their ongoing conflict with Palestine. Saudi Arabia and Qatar’s quarrel with each other. Iran’s challenges in the world community. UAE’s striving to be the biggest and shiniest. And Oman. What are the generalizations about Oman? Any stereotypes? For the average bystander, probably not too many. Oman is located on the south east corner of the Arabian Peninsula with three neighbors, UAE, KSA, and Yemen. Oman is an absolute monarchy being rules by Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said since 1970, one of the longest ruling monarchs in the world. Oman is a nation of less than 5 million people. It is predominantly a Muslim nation and the official language is Arabic. Oman sits strategically on the mouth of the Persian Gulf and was an important [...]
