CELEBRATING TWO-YEARS ANNIVERSARY!
When I started writing my blog two years ago, I wasn’t really sure where this experience would lead me. I’m still not 100% sure today but, boy, what a ride it has been!
Let’s see what we had so far.
My original idea was to present the world from my own viewpoint, from the very way I saw it through the lens of my camera. I aimed to record my own experiences and memories and also, perhaps, provide a tip, or two, based on my gained experience and impression. 54 posts later it still is one fascinating experience. During these two years, I covered 29 countries on five different continents. I wrote 11 secret guides that covered all the stuff you need to know from climbing Kilimanjaro to covering Germany’s Balck Forest really, really fast.
During the last year alone we drove up Israel’s 10 best hill-climbs and watched waters falling down the Niagara from a 26th floor corner suite. We sailed the Mekong, froze our bones in Lapland, defrosted in Brazil’s murder capital only to discover death can be a very lively thing – if you’re a Mexican. So many adventures, and we only just began.
Why so secret?
So many great stories, so many great photos. Still, some of them remained – for reasons unknown to me – quite secretive. To celebrate the second anniversary of “Through my Eye” I decided to showcase this blog’s least read posts. Some of them, I believe, are amongst my best
Let the countdown begin…
5. What color should you wear to a funeral?
Simple question? Not in the remote valleys of rural Guatemala, it isn’t. Amongst the deep valleys of the Sierra de Los Cuchamatanes, endemic pre-Christian traditions still rule supreme. Every color has a meaning. Every shade represents a feeling. Hint – don’t get buried in a black grave. As a matter of fact, better not show up wearing black at all.
4. He was a dancer though he didn’t know it
Hands down, this is one of my favorite posts. Hell, this is one of my favorite pictures and experiences! An amazing Burmese Ballet show in the midst of Myanmar’s Inle Lake. There’s nothing really like it. Ever tried to balance yourself standing one-foot on the very edge of a ragtag wooden dingy? Now try doing this while rowing with the other foot and net-fishing with your remaining two hands. Yep, easy-whizzy…
3. The good, the bad and the Chinese
The place looks like a scene from a 1960’s Spaghetti Western. Complete with rocky cliffs, a small run-down town, a couple of lazy mules and an occasional tumbleweed. But of course, nothing in this place is American. the native kids at the tiny school aren’t Indians, and the guy playing the flute is Naxi, not Cowboy. This is where Mau meets Yosemity, and everything you think you knew about China takes a different twist.
2. Holi Wars
Riding motorbikes through the backcountry of Nepal, we came across lots of tiny hamlets and one annual Hindi rite we will never forget. Heck, it took us a couple of hours just to wipe the curry powder off our faces!
Just one moment…
Before we go to the most undiscovered post of them all, here are a short brief list of the most discovered, popular posts of the last two years
54. The complete driver’s guide to the Black Forest
A post so viral it spawned a sequel! Four 911s and a thousand Kilometers of Germany’s finest driving roads. Very few things get better than this. 7 of the very best Schwartzwald driving roads and 8 important tips to get you back home in one piece.
53. Israel’s top 10 hill climbs
An instant hit for the very first moment it went public. Growing up in Israel, I was always told by my elders “there aren’t any places to drive here.”
Having driven almost every road in this small country, all can say is BOLLOCKS!
Apparently, you thought the same 🙂
52. The most horrible city in the world
If you thought your city slums look bad, this place would make any skid row look like the Villa D’Este. I kid you not. I can only explain its tremendous popularity with readers’ fatal attraction to stench, decay, rot, chaos, despair, and pollution. This post would never have been so popular otherwise.
Go figure…
And now, for this year winner.
The most secretive post award goes to…
1. He’s not heavy, he’s my saint
Today you cannot bear witness to Antigua’s Semana Santa. This amazing Latino-Catholic rite had become too popular for its own good. Ten years ago the crowds were very thinner, we were almost the only foreigners around. You wouldn’t believe what you’re missing. We didn’t believe it too.
Great posts and photos, as usual! I love it.