Caesar Premier Hotel Dead Sea Ein Bokek

... kleine kudde kamelen tegemoet.. Weird! En toen natuurlijk de berg weer op naar Dana: 2 uur recht omhoog in de hitte. Anthony was dr als eerste, ik ging ook maar vooruit om Nona wat water te brengen, want 2 liter bleek veeel te weinig..

's Avonds waren er allemaal leuke stellen in het hotel (Frans, Sudtirolerisch, Spaans) dus was de sfeer opeens heel leuk hostellig!

Ow, voor wie het tot hier heeft gered: Schrijf eens een gezellig mailtje? Ik voel me zo eenzaam!

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... the compound of garden walkways in the grueling heat. The room a "dessert room" (a slight upgrade from a basic room) was very clean, cool, and tiny. Sarah and I actually had a double bed to share instead of the singles we had in Jerusalem. We were very close to a marvelous pool and the whole guest village was set amist an amazing botanical garden full of exotic vegetation and flowering plants. After settling in we went ...

... After lunch we said our goodbyes and went to go make our way to our next adventure. We were to go to this Eco Lodge that was in the middle of the desert and had to meet this guy about five miles walk away from the lodge where he would drive us to it. It was a two hour drive before we finally met with the guy who would take us out. We rode in an old pickup truck with Hope, Maia and Noor in the back. It was a very bumpy ride and Noor kept complaining of hitting ...

... and tried desperately to get my camera to take a decent photo in the fading light.

The sun was getting lower, but still about half an hour from setting, so we decided to keep moving and try to catch sunset from a vantage point further down the road. Waving goodbye to the little boy and his dad, we continued along the highway. We kept our eyes peeled for a nice spot to pull over, but alas, we could not beat the sunset, and so ...

... The dining room was empty on the last night. Thanks Explore. We visit Petra tomorrow so I will update then. I still cannot face writing anything positive about Egypt as my stomach just churns thinking about that place. This will pass and I will update the blog again. There is a definate safe way to see Egypt and I will be detailing this in a separate post.

Two friends and I drove to the annual Dead Sea Festival of Love concert taking place during the Passover break. On the drive down the winding hills and desert towards the lowest point on Earth, it was neat to see the signs telling us along the way how far below sea level we were. Even from sea level, we could look down and see chunks of white salt floating atop the surface of the Dead Sea. Upon arriving to the area, we quickly realized how unprepared we were. The concert ...

... 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 ...

... After a few minutes of floating around we got out and covered ourselves in the thick slimy mineral rich mud that the attendant provided for us in a bucket (and given strict instructions not to waste it). Covered in mud we stood in the warm sun and dried out until cracks started to form before wading back into the salt water to rinse off. You can really feel the difference in your skin. Heading back up to the change rooms my legs were chaffing and then I ...

We ran a little late this morning. We weren't out by the curb with our luggage until after 6:30, in stead of 6:15 as we had planned. But Abu Omar, our driver, had overslept (we have kept him very busy these past days) and didn't arrive until nearly 7:00. We drove to the outskirts of Aqaba to the Wadi Araba border crossing. We noticed that some of the Jordanian border guards were wearing US military helmets and driving Humvees. We said goodbye to Abu Omar and pulled our ...

... arabes quoi qu'il arrive et donc traites comme tels, je vous laisse imaginer les relations tendues). Bref, aprés une descente vers -400m en dessous du niveau de la mer, nous sommes arrivés à Ein Bokek sation balnéaire sans grand charme (une succession de grands hotels face a la mer et à la côte jordanienne) ou on se croirait a Odessa ( les juifs russes, qui maîtrisent tres mal l'hébreu ont une grande predilection ...