Tag: spirituality
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Pilgrimage to the Ancient Temples of the Nile: Luxor, Egypt
The final stop and day on the Nile cruise brought us to Luxor. Previous adventures of the trip are here: Cairo, Pyramids of Giza, Aswan, sailing day Aswan-Luxor. We arrived to Luxor late in the night. The next day we met our guide in the foyer. The new guide was nicked named Doctor. He actually…
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Pilgrimage to the Ancient Temples of the Nile: Sailing Day
Continuing my Egypt trip, where I visited Cairo, Giza Pyramids, and Aswan historical sites. Sailing from Aswan to Luxor The boat started sailing very early in the morning and we woke up already somewhere on the way between the cities. It was refreshing to observe the lush Nile shores from the water and be properly…
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Pilgrimage to Ancient Temples of the Nile: Aswan, Egypt
Pilgrimage to the ancient temples of the Nile started in Aswan. We explored it a bit on our own and the next day we had a guided tour of it which was part of our Nile cruise package.
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Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Visit the pyramids of Giza without a tour and have a wonderful experience at a slow pace.
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Finding Silence in Cairo, Egypt
A decade ago, I was sitting in the 6th-floor apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania. The apartment was in an old soviet ugly grey building area. However, inside of it it was cozy. Windows were overlooking a park with tall pines and a river flowing under them. The day was grey and cloudy. A gentle mist was…
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Spiritual Travelling: Indigenous Pilgrimage in Hawaii, USA
Hawaii is one of the most popular vacation destinations in the world. Although that might sound like a touristic place, it has quite a few pilgrimage places. Here are a few that I managed to visit in person.
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Pilgrimage in Beijing, China
Due to recent (2019) visa-free program, I could stay in the Beijing area for up to 144 hours. You are applicable for such stay if you change planes in China and then go to the third country. You also need to book hotels in advance and have a proof of your reservations at the customs.…
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Pilgrimage in Mallorca, Spain
Mallorca is one of Spain’s islands in the Mediterranean sea. Famous for it’s stunning and inspiring nature it is quite filled with tourists, but it seems that there are space and place for more or less everyone. If you go outside the biggest cities, you’ll find wild nature, many beaches to choose from within reachable…
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Non-Religious Pilgrimage in Jordan
Although Jordan’s main religion is Islam and this means that the traditional pilgrimage or Hajj is walked to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, there are places worth calling pilgrimage sites nevertheless. After visiting Jordan I realized that pilgrimage to nature monuments can be even more rewarding than visiting man-made sanctuaries. Nature is where we all come from…
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Jewish Pilgrimage
Roots of Jewish Pilgrimage Jewish pilgrimage roots can be found in the Torah or the Hebrew Bible also known as the Old Testament. It seems that the first pilgrimages that Jewish people made were to the First Temple also known as Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem. It was an obligation to visit it three times a…
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