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1.        Australia : Spiders aren’t actually that scary! – When I first arrived in Australia I checked everything! I mean everything for spiders. I was sure I would die from spider bites. I read that Australia is home to all the deadliest animals in the world and I was sure those spiders would get me.       After around a month I stopped. I saw a few redbacks in the outback and a funnel web in Byron Bay but no spiders ever attacked me. After around 5 months I was more frightened of Crocodiles. Never saw one. 2.        New Zealand : The Lord of the Rings movie didn’t lie about the scenery! OMG! We spend five weeks in New Zealand and I loved the nature (and the people). Everywhere we went and everywhere we stopped the car was amazing and breathtakingly stunning. I wanted to be Samwise and go on a trip with Frodo across New Zealand and to this day I want to go back and just walk and walk all...

Sweat is rolling down my skin. It is so hot. The desert seems even more unmerciful than I thought possible. How can it be so scorching hot? I am sweating from places I didn't even know could sweat. How does anything survive here? I just want to cool off in the water, but the water isn't cold. It is boiling. I can see the bubbles from the salty water boiling just of the shore of the dead sea. What I wouldn't give for a chance to jump in a cold lake or pool. But there is nothing cold here. Just boiling water and sweaty bodies. Why would anyone go here?.  The Dead Sea is probably one of the most famous lakes in the world. It is also the lowest point on earth, surrounded by the epic and gorgeous landscape of the Negev Desert. In Hebrew, the Dead Sea is called Yam Ha-Melakh, and is known worldwide for its health and healing powers.  Driving towards the Dead Sea we kept seeing these small signs on the side of the road telling us exactly how low we were, and e...

Wow! Need I say more? Pescador Island is  certainly  a place you can enjoy diving. It has such a diversity in a dive spot that it can be recommended for every diver from your first couple of dives to experienced divers like my self.   Diving on the reef is exceptional. The reef consists of a shallow coral plateau that leads to impressive drop-off with a steep wall which is where my dive started. Around 25-30 meters down this steep wall, we entered in to and started exploring some amazing cave formations. The visibility was amazing even at this dept and cave diving is always really cool. It always gives me a bit of chill entering into caves and confined spaces, especially underwater. But starting off with this gave me an extra punch of adrenaline to use for the rest of the dive. . Once out of the caves you slowly move up to more shallow waters. The reef is gorgeous and turns more and more beautiful as the color and light become stronger. The reef is...