Carlton Dead Sea Ein Bokek

... I told the driver to speed up, but he responded that he couldn't. Just then, I realized that the drivers coming the other way were flashing their lights, signaling a police officer doing speed control. I guess you can say COP with a headlight flash in Jordan as well.<br> <br> As we got closer to where I'd be dipping in the salt with a hint of water, I started thinking about how bad the cuts I had gotten climbing in Petra would hurt ...

... In der Tat finden wir ein Hotel mit Bar und davor sitzen 4 lustige Engländerinnen, die bereits einige Bier getrunken haben. Wir schließen uns an. Es gibt Petrabier aus der 0.5 liter Dose, gebraut in Amman, 8% Alkohol. Die Engländerinnen fahren auf Fahrrädern durch Jordanien für einen guten Zweck und sind sehr lustig. Wir kommen um 1 Uhr nachts zurück zu unserem Hotel und gehen schlafen. Am nächsten Morgen sollen wir Nawaf, unsere lokale Kontaktperson, einen Bedouinen anrufen...<br><br><br>

... accomodated us since they knew it meant a lot of money. For the price, the meals were amazing and had a Western element to each. I got a kebab sandwich that was a wrap [non-pita] with the meat inside much like you might get at home at an upscale Middle Eastern restaurant. Additionally the pita bread was puffy as if there was a little yeast added, which made it much tastier than any others we had consumed on the whole trip. I cant recommend this ...

... Olia in the cable car again and this time it was much easier. Then we drove on another 30 mins to the dead sea - a place called En Gedi.<br><br>The dead sea is a lot nicer from the Israeli side. It is free which is always nice, there is shade, showers and the biggest difference is it is very clean! I had a lovely time floating around for a while but I only like it for so long so we got out, had a nice picnic and then drove back and arived back by 3pm ish. A really nice day.<br><br>

... this stuff all over our bodies (ended up looking like a minstrel), baked in the sun for about 10 minutes and then it was up to the showers to get this stuff off. Afterwards your skin is so nice and smooth. The Dead Sea mud is very very good for you and has healing properties especially for skin. Some European doctors send patients here to get healed, so it must have some sort of healing properties.<br><br>The bus was beckoning and so was my pillow, so it was ...

... used. But what's significant about the place came later. Right before Israel was going to be captured by Rome in around 70 AD, a large group of about 1000 Jewish rebels took refuge up there. When the Romans were coming, the Jews decided that they would rather be dead than taken once again into captivity. Because of that, they killed themselves and their families, so when the Romans made it up the cliff, all they found were ...

... of two or three. As you enter the treasury area there are candles all over the area and on the steps and this sends a enough light onto the treasury for it just to glow. Above the stars sparkle in the cold clear air. Mats are laid out to sit on and only the guides have torches. When you sit there is an Arab musician playing a stringed instument and singing what sounded like a whistful song about the desert. After that you are asked to be silent and a pipe starts, it seems to ...

... of Mont Real Crusader Castle. It is impressive and stately standing on the top of the mountain. We take a quick tour around, we are the only ones here, the sun comes out, but it is terribly windy. It is huge, we see a border with swirls and flowers carved into it, then on the other side we saw a bunch of round catapults ready to be fired! Back to the car to get warm. The drive was glad to have a cigarette while we were gone, we said no smoking ...

... Doreen read a portion of the speech that, according to the historian Jospehus, Eleazar Ben-Yari, the leader of the zealots, gave just before their deaths. Here is part of it: "We were the very first that revolted from them, and we are the last that fight against them; and I cannot but esteem it as a favor that God has granted us, that it is still in our power to die bravely, and in a state of freedom, which hath not been the case of others, who were conquered ...

... from the streams! The trip was capped off by a visit to the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea is the lowest point on Earth, and the water is 33% salt, so salty that you float right to the top of the water! I went when I was 10, but I think I had more fun playing in the water this time... it was a very fun trip altogether. I love remembering that these places I've visited are written about in the Torah, really cool!