Meet Asaf 

I was born in Jerusalem to a family active in hiking and biking. My mother moved to Israel during the 70s, joining her parents who had made 'aliya' earlier from the U.S and to pursue her PhD studies in Microbiology. She married Haim and they discovered a mutual passion for cycling--this passion was passed on to the children.

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I grew up in a village out of Jereusalem with 2-3 year periods in New Zealand and the Negev, where I studied in the High School for Environmental Studies in "Sde Boker". After completing my military service, in the infantry, I spent some time working as a logistics coordinator in the "Sde Boker" Field School. From the Negev, I moved to Portland, Oregon and worked as an outdoor education trainer, working with troubled youth.

 

After returning to Israel, I have established " Bike Jerusalem”,a bike tourism business in Israel and at the same time completed the Israel government Tour Guide course and obtained my license.

 

I am  a 3rd generation tour guide (my grandfather was one of the first Israeli tour guides) and a certified cycling instructor.

 

On my free time, I enjoy rollerblading, self-supported bike tours and Yoga practice.

 

This days, I live in a small "Moshav" at the beautiful "Ella valley",outside of Jerusalem.with Enav my spouse for the last 11 years.

I see my work as a mission--to help people understand that there is something big happening in Israel and thus falling in love with my country.

 

I speak,read and write English as a first language.

 

My reading list: 

The Innocents Abroad,  By: Mark Twain form Chapter 44

Jerusalem the Biography, By: Simon Sebag Montefiore 

Six Days of was, By: Michael b. Oren 

My Promised land, By: Ari Shavit 

Start-up Nation, By: Dan Senor, Saul Singer

Light on Life By:b k s iyengar