Sunset in Jaffa...

Just enjoyed a couple of beers at a place that literally did not have a name (I asked!) down on the beach...note the pirate flag...

The view of old Jaffa from my table...

The evening call to prayer just echoed across the city...ambiance in Jaffa is really something.

Old Jaffa is very different from the only other part of Tel Aviv that I have seen: the section in and around the new central train station.  When I arrived from the airport,  I caught a taxi from the new central train station to the hostel.  According to my taxi driver (a 63-year old Indian Jew from Calcutta who immigrated to Israel in 1948), the area around the central train station is very run down due to large influx of predominately poor African immigrants and guest workers.  He recommended that I spend most of my time in Old Jaffa (because, according to him, it has real character).

I end with a shot of the modern Tel Aviv skyline...alas I think I will be following the taxi driver's advice and steering clear of downtown Tel Aviv.