Gaza

The border around Gaza is not the most "israeli sight seeing" of places. Next to a military base ( first drawing) was a watch tower, were I went to draw and, while I was there drawing, a bus full of south american journalists ( I asked them ) came, filmed, photographed and had a picnic in the most relaxed and good humored way...



... apparently oblivious to where they were. You can see the border line below, where a truck and some kind of tank are parked. The landscape ahead is the Gaza Strip. As the silhouettes of its buildings and houses melted with the dusky sky, I could only think how ordinary the place looked.


The sunset gave the place a sad mood. Behind me ( the opposite direction to the drawing above) some touring israeli soldiers came ( not so lightly has the south american jornalists, though) check the place for a while, and went. I left the place with thoughts of curiosity about daily life of people in Gaza, sadness of why we can´t all get along, and realizing I was starving and dying for a big dinner.

Zefat

Sefad, or Zefat ( it reads tzfat) was unique. With its artists quarter, and the narrow streets. I had know idea this was were the Kabbalah was writen... cool.

The Church of the Holy Sepulcre in Jerusalem

Cant say that I felt the "holiness" of the place... maybe because of all the tourists...

Inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcre

BLOOM BAR

So I found this bar not far from where I was staying, with cool music, cold beer and sometimes, bands playing... cool. Sometimes people would come up to check what I was drawing and there were even some guys that offered me a beer ... how nice is that?

MY NIGHTLY LIFE SAVIOR

A thing that suprised me was the humidity of Tel-Aviv... the days were horribly hot and humid and so were the nights... This is the place I slept in my friend house and this little fan, wich I keep on all night , literally save my life... so here are two drawings as my thanks to my nightly savior... thank you dear fan.

( the two drawings below are colored with crayons)

( the rest of the room below... you can see my foot in front of the tv, my Homer Simpson t-shirt and the sketchbook on my lap).

DINNER, COFFEE & DRINKS

The thing about Tel-Aviv is that everywhere you go you have always great places to hang out...

...like sushi places ( dont you just love sake?)

... or open air esplanades for coffee...

... or places just to have a beer...

... or another beer....