The document provides a summary of the author's travels from Hawaii to Israel, with stops in New York City and Amman, Jordan. In New York, they visited Ground Zero and Central Park. In Amman, the author's companion Anna realized she was inappropriately dressed for the conservative culture after receiving unwanted stares at the airport. Upon arriving in Israel, the author and Anna spent time with the author's cousin Ron, who took them on a tour of northern Israel, including sites near the Sea of Galilee, an aerial cable car ride, and an abandoned military outpost near the Syrian border where they heard bombings in the distance.

1. Newsletter 6. ISRAEL August 2016
The land that flow’s with Milk and Honey…
As the airplane took off from Honolulu airport I finally
realised that we were leaving the Islands of Hawaii and I
didn't know when we would see them again or the
amazing souls that we have met on them over the past
month. It was however a bitter sweet moment as we were
also looking forward to the rest of our trip that had the
holy land as the next destination.
Our next stop was New York City for a day, then onto
Amman and finally Israel. New York city was a little bit of
a challenge, as we had so much we wanted to see but only
a short 10 hours to spend. Filled with hustle and bustle the
city had a kind of energy that I have only seen in some
places in the world. It’s a type of energy which says gimme
your best shot and if you're good enough I’ll let you stay.
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WHERE ARE WE THIS
MONTH…
ISRAEL
Today’s Dance Tip
The very first thing Men need to
do when beginning a dance with
a lady is take them into a dance
hold and move from one foot to
another, side to side.
What this gives the lady, is the
confidence in knowing which foot
the man is standing on.
When the man holds his frame
strongly and moves his
bodyweight onto the left foot, the
ladies body weight will be on her
right foot and visa versa.
This is actually quite obvious you
may think, but the next part is
not.
When one foot holds your body
weight then the other foot is free
of weight and is free to move.
This is a great advantage to the
smart male dancer as they don't
have to worry about stepping on
the ladies foot any more.
They simply hold their frame
strongly, take the lady with them
and move their weight. You will
never step on ladies foot ever
again using this simple but
affective little technique.
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We managed to drop our bags at the airport hotel at 9am and get onto the subway where we
spent most of the time travelling from one place to another.
The first place was a very somber and sobering look into the human spirit. We managed to
make our way to Ground Zero. For such a busy city with so many noises, this place was
surprisingly quiet. People spoke quietly as they stood and looked into the vast empty spaces
that now occupied the areas where the
Twin Towers once stood. The cleverly
designed water fall feature created a sense
of longing and despair at the same time,
hope and resolve. The human spirit is
strong.
Next we headed towards Central Park and
picked up something to eat along the way.
We visited Carnegie Deli where Sandy
Levine once hosted a whole table of
Crystal Cruises crew members. We asked
to see him once more and say a warm hello
but alas, time waits for no man. We were told the he has moved onto another project and the
tradition of the Carnegie Deli will live on but without this great man at the helm.
We moved on and found a park bench to sit and eat our lunch on in one of the most amazing
parks in the world. Central Park was filled with people, geese and squirrels, this amazing
living breathing energy filled space was the perfect environment to sit, eat and breath. We
wondered around the park for a little bit longer until ‘father time’ decided we needed to get
back to the hotel and get ready for the next leg of our journey.
Subway, Hotel, Airport, on the plane at 39 thousand feet once more. Hang on, how did we get
here? Never mind lets not ask silly questions, this is simply the universe taking over and
sending us on our way. Ok time to
sleep…
Landing after twelve hours was kinda
cool but sad all at once. Surprisingly we
found Royal Jordanian Airlines very very
comfortable and the service really great.
After Anna calmed down from the little
fright she got when absolutely everyone
began clapping as the plane landed, we
managed to clamber our way out for the
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Central Park Pond
Kineret, Sea Of Galilee

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brief stopover in the Royal Jordanian Airlines hub city.
Amman airport was a bit of an eye opener but mainly for the people there. Anna exited the
plane with a lovely loose top and a pretty skirt. After an hour at the airport Anna turns to me
and says “hey Paulie, is it me? Or is everyone staring at me all the time?” I looked at her and
started laughing, I couldn't keep it in any longer. I said “ you're standing in a Jordanian Air
Port with a loose top and a skirt that is showing your knees and legs, you figure it out”. Anna
looked at me in horror, quickly looked around and then realised what everyone was looking
at. She dropped her bag there and then, opened it and grabbed the long pants inside. Hurried
to the nearest bathroom and changed.
I just stood there giggling to myself.
She wont be doing that again soon.
On the plane once more. We climbed
quickly to a ‘massive’ hight of 8
thousand feet and stayed there for
about 15 minutes then began our
decent to Tel Aviv’s, Ber Gur Yon
Airport. Anna was ready this time.
She looked around and saw people
getting ready to clap and joined in a
little also.
I have travelled the world for the past
20 years both on cruise ships and through the Dance Sport competition world. I have been to
Israel 10 times and have entered and exited without incident but for some reason this time
something was different. Not only did they discover that I am still an Israeli citizen and have
been since the the time I left in 1979, but they instructed me to apply for an Israeli passport
once again. So as of now I have dual citizenship which basically means that if we are selected
we can represent both Australia and Israel in
international dance competitions. Woooohoooo!!!
Ok back to the real story. So here we are hanging out
with my cousin Ron and staying at his place for the
time we’re here. Ron announces the other day that he
has taken time off work to take us on a trip to the
north of Israel to see the sights and hear the sounds
of the land between Lebanon and Syria. We say “great
when does this adventure start?” He tells us
tomorrow morning. “WHAAAAAATTT?????”
The next morning we head out of Ashqelon bright
and early headed for the Sea of Galilee and the
Kinneret where Jesus Christ walked on water. I asked
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Tzuk Manara
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Anna what she felt when she visited the place where Jesus spent time and she said that all her
memories came flooding back, like the stories she had listened to, told to her from her
primary school from the bible. We spent a little more time dipping our feet in the water and
having our dead skin eaten off by hundreds of little fish. We took some photos and headed off
on our way.
After a few more hours on the road,
we arrived at Kiryat Shmona where
we entered a place called Chook
Manara and had the most awesome
time riding the cablecar up and back
down the mountain. Along the way
we saw rock climbers and mountain
bike trails. After that was finished we
then for some crazy reason, thought
it would be fun to squeeze into a rail
Toboggan together and spend the
next seven minutes hurtling up and
down the mountain only to be held
in by a not so trusting seat belt, boy
was that fun (see video footage on our YouTube account).
We finally completed the day with a couple more hours drive further north to an abandoned
military post which these days runs as a tourist attraction and a caffe bar. We stood there and
listened to bombs dropping in the distance only kilometres in front of us, behind the Syrian
mountains on the boarders of the far North of Israel. Suddenly there was a loud thunderous
boom which I believed to be the crash of thunder. When I looked up I saw a pillar of dust
rising into the sky. A mortar shell had gone completely wayward and had hit the earth not 7
kilometres in front of us. I began to move backwards as everyone else decide it was quite a
spectacle and rushed forward to take happy snaps. That was quite enough for us. We said
thank you to our cousin, followed by
“get us the heck outa here man”.
Last place we visited was the fortress of
Nimrod. What an amazingly
complicated stronghold, complete with
water catchments and aqueducts, secret
passageways and crenelated firing
positions. Built in 1255, parts of this
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View From Mt,Bental
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amazing place still stand today, just as strong as they were years ago. We finally decided to
make our way home to Ashqelon as the sun began to set in the distance.
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