My True Calling
Travel & Photography Blog
About Me
Hi, I’m Tom. I’m 28 years old, from Israel. For the last 4 years, I’ve been going back and forth between backpacking Asia and working as a software developer in Tel Aviv. As time passed by, I realized my true passions are travelling, writing and photography. Working 9-5 in an office? not so much. So, naturally, I quit my job, sold many of my belongings, and started following my true passions and calling…. Read More
It took me quite a while to get here. Years, actually. This is how it happened.
I showed the guard my passport. He looked at me, surprised by my tearful eyes, and said something about me not being happy at a moment like this.
“Everything that is truly beautiful, ends in its own dawdling, inconsiderate way”
“I want you to promise me something – while I’m away, keep sharing and updating me. Don’t think I’m not interested just because I’m travelling somewhere”
I’ll be leaving soon. I’ve started to face it upfront.
‘So what do you wanna do?’, I was suddenly self-pondering again, and then I realized I was limiting the range of possibilities. The answer ‘should’ be a type of job or profession, while the real answer is ‘to travel’, or even ‘to wander’.
After two sweatful nights in Amritsar, we started the exhausting journey to Dharamsala, Back to the Himalayas. I had a nice routine in Dharamsala – the day starts with Yoga, followed by a Hindi lesson at Narinder’s, a nice Indian guy who used to be a mountaineer. Today he’s palayzed from the neck down due to a diease. Rajni, his wife, instructs wonderful cooking courses. One day, Shaked and I were climbing… Read More
We’re taking off. Three months in Nepal, and it feels a little bit like leaving home. We’re above the clouds, and Nepal says its farewell with an appropriate encore – an impressive snowy peak peeks between the clouds, with its full magnificence. Nothing compares to it. New Delhi airport. We’re standing in line for passport check, and I can already see the shiny duty free area beyond the clerk. It reminds me of the… Read More
We went back to Tevel’s Big House in Kathmandu for a short summary-seminar. We even stayed there another night after the seminar’s ended, just because they let us, and we wanted to hold on a little bit more. Eventually, it was over, and we (Begam, Shaked & I, together with a few of the other volunteers) went back to the Thamel, waiting for our flight to India that was due a few days later…. Read More
At some point, the conversation topic became dancing. It all ended up with three Israelis dancing Resam Phiriri, and a bunch of Nepali teenagers dancing Macarena for the first time in their lives. Now that’s what I call cultural exchange.
