Dead Sea Spa Dead Sea Region

... say that there was going to be three inches of snow today and I was not surprised after how cold it was yesterday. It was like Christmas from yester-year, since we don't get much snow in England these days. <br> Not much to say today really. My friend Destin came and got me in his truck and then we spent hours driving through the snow blizzard doing errands. I also took loads of photos of the snowy landscapes. Anyway, first we had to pick up his son down Spanish Fork way. Then we ...

... came back round to where I was sitting and gave me my passport back. She then pointed to two airport workers and told me, "they will show you were to check your bags in." <br>I nearly had heart failure then. Why did I have to check my bags in? Was I being sent home? I asked the lady, "how come I have to check my bags?"<br>"Don't you have a connecting flight??" she asked. <br>"No I am staying in Salt Lake," I answered very relieved. <br>"Oh okay. Well enjoy your stay," she told me as ...

... he had washed our entire car!  Guess he thought we should get what our money's worth.<br><br>In San Carlos we went scuba diving with sea lions, which was an amazing experience, but a bit scary at the same time.  They would swim right at your face and then suddenly turn and swim away.  Interesting.  This was when I was a teenager, I think about 16, after getting open-water certified in a pool in Utah.  Mexico was my first time scuba diving in the ocean.<br><br ...

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... mud. Supoosed to be good for your skin, just made mine smell, took about 3 showers to get rid of the smell.<br><br>From there we headed to the Crusader castle at Kerak. Very intact ruin, very large castle and we spent an hour exploring.It is set on top of a hill with 500ft cliffs around it.<br><br>From there it was down to Wadi Musa and Petra, got there about 1900 and went out to dinner with some of the group then to bed ready for Petra tomorrow.<br><br>Photos to come

... Then there are cabins and a couple restaurants, and paying a three dollar fee to leave the canyon is kinda weird. To anyone who ever goes up there, see if you can spot the sailboat. Now that's something I didn't see the first time! I have to say, finding a sailboat in the mountains of Utah is right up there with finding buses in a forest in the highlands of Scotland.

... pay for the shipping. Good deal. I bought a few things including a glass blown christmas ornament.<br>Our next stop was Mount Nebo. According to the final chapter of Deuteronomy, Mount Nebo is where the Hebrew prophet Moses was given a view of the promised land that God was giving to the Jews. From the top you can see Jericho and Jerusalum. The flies were killing us so we didn't stay too long. <br>We stopped at the site where Jesus was baptised. Again, I would suggest getting here ...

... need access to the showers. The Dead Sea is an optional activity on the tour but it should really be included because there is nothing to do if you don't take part and it's awesome so everyone should take part. A few people from the group were watching their budgets by this point but they weren't given much choice and had to hand over the $25 USD for the activity. <br><br>We ate as quickly as possible and then all got in our swimsuits and went ...

... visitors come a glimpse of the view of the East Bank of the Jordan Valley (The Promised Land) and see the mosaics from a 4th century AD from the Moses Memorial Church. Today was a very hazy day, but as you can see from our expert in the field, Andrew, is pointing out where the Promised Land would be had the weather cooperated with us today. Last Stop: Dead Sea So we capped off our day ...