Burning Man

I had the incredible opportunity to attend Burning Man this year. Having travelled to over 40 states, I had never been the state of Nevada before Burning Man. "Rites of Passage" was the theme this year, and very fitting for a variety of reasons.
Read about my personal experience of Burning Man at Go Girl Magazine: http://www.travelgogirl.com/2011/09/becoming-a-burner/.

Read about the Jewish perspective at Burning Man:
 http://72.52.212.155/articles/142686/.

Aerial view of Burning Man.

The iconic Man.

A moment of solitude on the playa.

Blue sky and a twister. 

Middle Earth (Jordan, Israel and the West Bank)

Jerusalem at dusk. 

Wailing Wall,  Jerusalem.

Syrian ruins at Yehudiya Nature Reserve, northern Israel.

Hebron from a rooftop.

Hebron from an abandoned flat. 

Petra, Jordan.

Petra, Jordan.

Petra, Jordan.

Resting camels in Petra. 

Spices in Nazareth. 

Dengue Fever--the band, not the virus.

I heard about this band on NPR long before I actually visited Cambodia. This fueled my desire to visit the country after listening to a clip on Fresh Air stating that many Cambodian pop musicians were killed and their music ruined during the genocide in the middle to late 1970s. One of their lead singers is Cambodian and has an incredible voice.

Take a listen to one of their songs, "Tiger Calling Card"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTckGk6eBjM

Or, read about them in the NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/21/arts/21iht-fever.1.9374234.html

Cambodia

A temple on the outskirts of Siem Reap.

Angkor Wat.

Street food delicacies in Phnom Penh: skewered snakes, fried snakes and worms to name a few. 

A market outside of Siem Reap. 

Just another day in Phnom Penh. 

The Killing Fields located a few miles outside of Phnom Penh. A museum and memorial document the atrocities of the Cambodian genocide.

Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum also known as S21. During the Cambodian genocide, S21 was a school that was turned into a prison and torture chamber.

Part of the memorial monument at the Killing Fields.

Sunrise at Angkor Wat.