"THE INVISIBLE HAND . . ."

Merry Christmas The Orthodox Way

The Holy Land January 7, 2009

Merry Christmas. I am getting ready to board a ferry to Jordan from Nuweiba, Egypt and guess what it is Christmas today in the Holy Land. You see the Orthodox celebrate Christmas on January 7. Greek, Russian, but primarily the Eastern Church, so I am at the Hilton listening to Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer awaiting our ferry to the land of the Bible, Jordan.

The Invisible Hand wishes everyone a Merry Christmas the Orthodox Way.

-Lex Rex

THE EXODUS: THE INVISIBLE HAND GOES TO THE MIDDLE EAST EGYPT & JORDAN

THE EXODUS

For the next two weeks, Lex Rex, the writer for the INVISIBLE HAND . . . will be serving its readers on location in the Middle East, primarily Egypt and Jordan.  How frequent the blogs will be posted and how relevant?, our out of my control, hopefully I can continue on a daily basis, however, in the middle of this journey will be 4 days in the Sinai dessert hiking with Bedouins.   The purpose of the trip is to follow the footsteps of Moses and the Exodus.  I am accompanied by my first-born son, who is 16 years old.  If it is like the last major trip I did with my oldest son which was back in 2003 to Israel during the Second Intifada, this will be a fun-filled trip, with unexpected turns. 

As you know there is always news, in the Middle-East, who knows The Invisible Hand  . . . might just break something important or get caught in  the middle of say a fire-fight, I can only hope.  In the mean time, I have been keeping the following stories away from my wife:

EGYPT:  INTERNET DEAD AGAIN FOR ANOTHER DAY.   Read Full Story. 

Egypt faces economic crisis.   Read Full Story Analysis: Cairo fears domestic Islamist fallout if Israel hits Gaza hard  Read Full Story.

Israel prepares for Hamas clash  Read Full Story.

Egypt bolsters troops on border amid fears of Israeli attack on Gaza  Read Full Story.

Egypt sends reinforcements to Gaza border 

 Read Full Story

Israel readying Gazan invasion  Read Full Story

I could present more, but as you can see, there is always news in the middle-east, and our trip like the one during the Second Intifada will probably bring about a stuck car in the desert, blisters on our feet, cold and icy climb to the top of Jabal Moses (Mount of Moses or Mount Sinai) and nothing more, but whatever it brings I will try my best to relay relevant analysis with a little humor, unless the internet is dead.  As Moses said to Pharaoh, "LET MY PEOPLE GO."

-LEX REX