Comments for Bahá'í Pilgrimage Haifa Israel http://haifaisrael.wordpress.com One Bahá'ís Journey on Pilgrimage to Haifa Israel Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:25:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on First Stop – Arrival to Hong Kong by Arrival to Haifa « Bahá'í Pilgrimage Haifa Israel http://haifaisrael.wordpress.com/2009/01/18/first-stop-arrival-to-hong-kong/#comment-44 Arrival to Haifa « Bahá'í Pilgrimage Haifa Israel Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:25:04 +0000 http://haifaisrael.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-44 [...] First Stop – Arrival to Hong Kong The most secure airline ever.... [...] [...] First Stop – Arrival to Hong Kong The most secure airline ever…. [...]

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]]> Comment on Haifa Travel Tips by Arrival to Haifa « Bahá'í Pilgrimage Haifa Israel http://haifaisrael.wordpress.com/haifa-travel-tips/#comment-42 Arrival to Haifa « Bahá'í Pilgrimage Haifa Israel Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:24:53 +0000 http://haifaisrael.wordpress.com/?page_id=284#comment-42 [...] Haifa Travel Tips Posted by: bahaiguy | March 1, 2009 [...] [...] Haifa Travel Tips Posted by: bahaiguy | March 1, 2009 [...]

]]> Comment on Day 3 of Bahai Pilgrimage by RonPrice http://haifaisrael.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/day-3-of-bahai-pilgrimage/#comment-33 RonPrice Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:27:44 +0000 http://haifaisrael.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-33 From May 19th to June 24th 2000 my wife, my son and I travelled to Haifa and back to Tasmania: a thirty-seven day trip, the centre of which was a nine day pilgrimage at the Baha’i World Centre. I had just completed thirty-seven years of pioneering and so this thirty-seven day trip had an appropriately coincidental length. To say that everyone experiences life differently is only to state the obvious. This is equally true of pilgrimages and in these prose-poems I am writing of my unique experiences. Generally, pilgrims get exposed to the same itinerary in Haifa, Bahji and Akka, although that itinerary changes with the years, with the decades, and especially with the immense expansion and embellishment of the Bahá'í World Centre and its properties in the last decade or so. Pilgrims hear the same stories from their tour guides although, here too, tour guides learn much on the job. Pilgrims stay in the same or similar hotels and hostels, some five-star and some more simple and inexpensive locations. But what the individual pilgrim learns, what he experiences inside and outside, what touches his heart, what he takes away with him is highly idiosyncratic. I have written a 200+ page booklet about my experiences. Anyone interested in my account can write to me at my email address: ronprice9@gmail.com. My booklet is an expression of one idiosyncratic reality. From May 19th to June 24th 2000 my wife, my son and I travelled to Haifa and back to Tasmania: a thirty-seven day trip, the centre of which was a nine day pilgrimage at the Baha’i World Centre. I had just completed thirty-seven years of pioneering and so this thirty-seven day trip had an appropriately coincidental length. To say that everyone experiences life differently is only to state the obvious. This is equally true of pilgrimages and in these prose-poems I am writing of my unique experiences.

Generally, pilgrims get exposed to the same itinerary in Haifa, Bahji and Akka, although that itinerary changes with the years, with the decades, and especially with the immense expansion and embellishment of the Bahá’í World Centre and its properties in the last decade or so. Pilgrims hear the same stories from their tour guides although, here too, tour guides learn much on the job. Pilgrims stay in the same or similar hotels and hostels, some five-star and some more simple and inexpensive locations. But what the individual pilgrim learns, what he experiences inside and outside, what touches his heart, what he takes away with him is highly idiosyncratic. I have written a 200+ page booklet about my experiences. Anyone interested in my account can write to me at my email address: ronprice9@gmail.com. My booklet is an expression of one idiosyncratic reality.

]]> Comment on Day 2 of Bahai Pilgrimage by kushtar http://haifaisrael.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/day-2-of-bahai-pilgrimage/#comment-30 kushtar Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:47:02 +0000 http://haifaisrael.wordpress.com/?p=86#comment-30 perfect pictures! perfect pictures!

]]> Comment on DAY 7 of Bahai Pilgrimage (part 1) by bahaiguy http://haifaisrael.wordpress.com/2009/02/21/day-7-of-bahai-pilgrimage/#comment-28 bahaiguy Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:19:21 +0000 http://haifaisrael.wordpress.com/?p=199#comment-28 Its so nice being lucky having someone having served so long on Pilgrimage with us - Shradha if you ever visit this blog pls do leave us a comment.... Its so nice being lucky having someone having served so long on Pilgrimage with us – Shradha if you ever visit this blog pls do leave us a comment….

]]> Comment on DAY 8 of Bahai Pilgrimage by bahaiguy http://haifaisrael.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/day-4-of-bahai-pilgrimage/#comment-27 bahaiguy Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:35:45 +0000 http://haifaisrael.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/day-4-of-bahai-pilgrimage/#comment-27 Ahhh yes forgot to mention that I fixed this, thanks Roger! Ahhh yes forgot to mention that I fixed this, thanks Roger!

]]> Comment on Day 5 of Bahai Pilgrimage (part 1) by erinatruba http://haifaisrael.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/day-5-of-bahai-pilgrimage-part-one/#comment-26 erinatruba Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:02:47 +0000 http://haifaisrael.wordpress.com/?p=156#comment-26 Hi! I’m the Community Manager of Ruba.com. We’re building a website to highlight some of the most interesting places travelers around the world have discovered. We’ve read hundreds of blogs about Israel, and we think that yours is awesome! We’d love to highlight excerpts from blogs like yours (assuming it’s OK with you of course) and to discuss other ways of tapping into your expertise if you are interested. I’m at erin@ruba.com. Thanks! :) Hi! I’m the Community Manager of Ruba.com. We’re building a website to highlight some of the most interesting places travelers around the world have discovered. We’ve read hundreds of blogs about Israel, and we think that yours is awesome! We’d love to highlight excerpts from blogs like yours (assuming it’s OK with you of course) and to discuss other ways of tapping into your expertise if you are interested. I’m at erin@ruba.com.
Thanks! :)

]]> Comment on Day 7 of Bahai Pilgrimage (part 2) by Roger Reini http://haifaisrael.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/day-7-of-bahai-pilgrimage-part-2/#comment-23 Roger Reini Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:18:59 +0000 http://haifaisrael.wordpress.com/?p=217#comment-23 I enjoy reading these pilgrimage diaries, journals and reports. It's fun to compare them with my experiences and how I wrote about them. Everyone experiences pilgrimage differently and will tell about their experiences differently. What one focuses on will be slightly different from what another focuses on, and they'll both be different from what I chose to focus on. Yet all are equally valid. Guess that's Unity in Diversity in action! And thanks for contributing to it. One thing I did not get to do was visit the Temple land, the cemetery and the Cave of Elijah, although it turned out that the obelisk on the Temple land was visible from my room atop the Dan Panorama. If/when I return there, I shall have to visit those places. I enjoy reading these pilgrimage diaries, journals and reports. It’s fun to compare them with my experiences and how I wrote about them. Everyone experiences pilgrimage differently and will tell about their experiences differently. What one focuses on will be slightly different from what another focuses on, and they’ll both be different from what I chose to focus on. Yet all are equally valid. Guess that’s Unity in Diversity in action! And thanks for contributing to it.

One thing I did not get to do was visit the Temple land, the cemetery and the Cave of Elijah, although it turned out that the obelisk on the Temple land was visible from my room atop the Dan Panorama. If/when I return there, I shall have to visit those places.

]]> Comment on Day 5 of Bahai Pilgrimage (part 2) by bahaiguy http://haifaisrael.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/day-5-of-bahai-pilgrimage-part-two/#comment-22 bahaiguy Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:32:42 +0000 http://haifaisrael.wordpress.com/?p=176#comment-22 Hey Jamie, thanks so much for the kind words its nice people like you that keep me going to finish all 9 days of posting on here :) - I know I have there biz card because I remember after I ate there that I had to post their details on the Haifa Trip Blog.... I'm gonna tear my apt up until I find it! ***UPDATE* .... ok I found it! I dont speak Hebrew so I can't tell you the name of the #1 Felafel place in Israel however, the ph # is 04-8521987 Hey Jamie, thanks so much for the kind words its nice people like you that keep me going to finish all 9 days of posting on here :)
– I know I have there biz card because I remember after I ate there that I had to post their details on the Haifa Trip Blog…. I’m gonna tear my apt up until I find it!

***UPDATE* …. ok I found it! I dont speak Hebrew so I can’t tell you the name of the #1 Felafel place in Israel however, the ph # is 04-8521987

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