April 27, 2026 · Helio Diamant

RIDING ISRAEL: Knafeh at Dalyat Al-Karmel

It's Friday, April 4th, 2026. The time is 13:30. Since the beginning of the war with Iran, I have used my RT only for shopping, doctors and getting packages, besides taking my wife here and there. So...

March 7, 2026 · Helio Diamant

RIDING ISRAEL: The Nova Festival Victims Memorial with members of the blind & deaf community

I am taking the time that we are sitting at home because of the Iran war to write the last article that I am owing the blog, from one of my last rides. This is going to be a different post - it will...

February 25, 2026 · Helio Diamant

RIDING ISRAEL: Roaming the Golan Heights

As a part of my latest updates of some unreported trips in this blog, I am happy to post here another short blog entry for one of the last trips I've done - this time to the Golan Heights. [Picture]...

February 19, 2026 · Helio Diamant

RIDING ISRAEL: Ghajar

This post opens a series of posts which are different than the posts I usually write here. SInce I retired, some months ago, I have began some periodical rides to different places in Israel, with the...

August 10, 2025 · Helio Diamant

Riding the Himalayas - The Ultimate High Altitude Adventure

​Introduction It is 04:30 on the night of July 10th, 2025, and I am at the Ben-Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, waiting for my Ethiopian Airlines flight to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, with continuation flight...

January 25, 2025 · Helio Diamant

RIDING ISRAEL: The Western Galilee After the War

The war with Hezbollah in the North of the country is hopefully over, and I had the chance to go out to visit the most beautiful part of the country (in my opinion) and see what the war had done to it....