Ein Gedi Nature Reserve Dead Sea Region

Last night we stayed in Leonardo hotel. This morning we had to rise early to be at breakfast for 6:30am. Mum and I showered, packed our bags and were on time. The breakfast options were huge! I saw a 'healthy' section and I almost went for it, but I felt a little more adventurous so had a look at the hot stuff! I put a ‘hot cheesecake’ …

June 6^th

So this whole situation with Dean is the ******* pits. Really, you shouldn't have to be stuck with the person you randomly hookup with one night 24 hours a day! It would be fine if he weren't such an *******. Like, he doesn’t look at me or talk to me, but is totally cool and chill with everyone else (including my …

While I have some respect for the popular theories of time developed by the smart guys of physics like Newton and Einstein, I think it's time for a new modern theory that more accurately describes the human experience with time rather than some theoretical hypothesis that must be true because it can't be proven wrong, and because most people can't …

Early start this morning up at 6am for our tour to Masada, Ein Gedi and the Dead Sea.

The minibus held 11 people a mixture of Italian, Spanish, Andorrian, Aussie, and Norn Irish!!

The Driver was new to the job, didn't speak English, the air conditioning didn't work and he started off at a frantic pace breaking all speed limits. < …

Its an 4:30am wake up today for a sunrise hike on Mount Massada, but I am really stoked for the hike and watching the sun come up over the Dead Sea. As I go to get some coffee I look around and see an Ibex, its very similar to a deer, wow this is awesome!! I grab my camera and take a quick picture not realizing that when I turn around there are 5 …

The road from Kibbutz En Gedi to Masada was really dark and the car headlights only gave us so much vision – we said in unison, one of our recurring expressions, "all will be revealed". Harvey had his eyes peeled to the road following the light beams of the headlights, the entrance sign for Masada and the parking lot. It's now around 5 AM and …

This was true more than once today, alas.

Woke up this morning in our hostel in Arad to get in a little 15 minute workout before the day got underway, which happened in splendid fashion with yet another hostel meal that exceeded my expectations-it had pudding. From there it was a hop skip and a jump over the Negev basin and most of the …

Our first excursion that Yael had arranged was walking in the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve, shopping at the Ahava Factory shop (Annie had already bought a whole stock of products in Tel Aviv :-), a cable car to the top of Masada and finally a float in the ...

... Somehow, we had the presence of mind to make better plans, starting with more sleep. After breakfast, we headed to the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve for a relatively easy hike up Nahal David, a green strip between the bright, rocky desert cliffs on either ...

... feet in the stream and then slowly make our way back to the car.  There are many hiking paths in the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve whose locations provides a unique confluence of topography, abundance of water and variety of plants and animals.  On ...

... you try. The key is to keep it out of your eyes and be close to a shower to rinse off. From there it was onto Ein Gedi Nature Reserve to hike in fresh water drop pools. Again - good to be the first one there because you really get to enjoy the peaceful ...