Five Favorite Foods in Java, Indonesia
I was just talking to a friend whom I met in Indonesia, and she is heading back their soon! To be honest I got jealous! I started talking with my girlfriend (whom I also met in Indonesia,) and we started remembering our favorite food and where we used to go to eat them all the time! And so I decided to write the list of my top five special Indonesian foods! Sate (Kambing) Sate, simply, is small pieces of meat skewered and grilled on coal. Available for all kinds of meat, like chicken (ayam), pork (babi – more rare to find especially in Java), and even for shrimps (udang)!! But I...
Read MoreThe Coptic Holy Week – Part 2: Friday to Sunday
In part one of this post I talked about the Holy Week from Friday (Ending of Fasting Friday) till Maundy Thursday. In this part I will continue the elongated week, from the following Friday till Easter itself! Sad Friday Friday comes after the Thursday of Promise; this Friday is also called the Sad Friday or the Great Friday. It is the Friday that Jesus was crucified on. It is, as far as I know, the longest day in the Coptic Church, starting early in the morning and lasting till 6 pm. That day, religious Coptics fast by not eating all day, and when they do break their fast after church ends,...
Read MoreThe Coptic Holy Week – Part 1: Friday to Thursday
A bit more than one week before Easter starts the holy week for the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt, it starts on the Friday 9 days before Easter, where it is called ‘ending of fasting Friday.’ Oh wait, I should have mentioned first that the Coptic Church does a strict vegan diet fasting for 55 days before Easter, and that Friday, 9 days before Easter, it is not the actual end of the fasting, as there is still 9 days to go! Ending of Fasting – not really – Friday But this Friday, the ending of fasting Friday, marks the beginning of the “week of pain”, which is named like...
Read MoreMap for your Belly in Alexandria – Part Two
Continuing my map to satisfy your belly in Alexandria, this part two of however long this guide will get, still talking about restaurants. Further parts will also include bars and cafes, if you’ll be interested in where people hang out in Alexandria. Greek Club Given that Alexandria used to have so many Greeks living in it, with some still living there, there were three Greek clubs in Alexandria, one of them was demolished, which leaves only two. One of those two is membership only, which means only Greek people are allowed inside, while the other has the restaurant open for everyone. And...
Read MoreA Day in Dahab Through iPhonography – Photo Essay
Yesterday I was talking to my mom on the phone and she was asking when my girlfriend and I will return from Dahab. It’s been only five days, but according to her Dahab has nothing much to see and do. “What are you doing there anyway?” she asked and I found it very hard to explain why this place is so special…So yeah, I will try to picture how it feels sitting in a bar by the beach in Dahab, and why it never gets boring to me! I wake up to a magnificent view, walk out of my hotel which is well out of town, hitch a ride (paid one) to town and walk along the beach to my favorite...
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