While I’m running the Inn, Shlomit is working as an electronics engineer for Intel Israel.

Our 2004 World Tour began in our homeland Israel, where we thru-hiked the Israel National Trail (see blog) for 37 days.
In August, we hiked 500 miles of the Californian section of the Pacific Crest Trail.
From LA we went to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands and explored South America, including Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. From Buenos AiresShlomit went back to Israel and I took a flight to New Zealand where I worked in Buscot Station, one of the most highly ratedBackpackers in the country. The company is owned and run by Tony Gloag, my hostelling mentor and a longtime friend.

On our 1998 World Tour we spent three months In New Zealand, five months travelling around Australia and another two months trekking in Nepal.

In the gap between the tours, we were studying and working in Tel Aviv, Israel. Shlomit is a certificated electronics engineer and for the past three years has been working at Intel. I on the other hand, still have a few courses to complete before graduating with a B.A. in economics and management. I have held several positions in customer service, sales and business development at a private Israeli company.

Shlomit is into extreme sports, such as skydiving and rock climbing. She is a three-star scuba diver and, of course, an enthusiastic hiker. But above all, Shlomit is a talented chef and her homemade cakes will probably be what you remember the most from you stay with us.

I am concentrating on hiking, also writing a guidebook for the Israel National Trail, and am currently in the process of founding Israel's National Trail Association.

Both of us enjoy reading books, listening to music and meeting new people and, of course, travelling.