Ein Bokek Hotel

... day, I could make out the cave in the distance and reflect on the significance of this place. A quick visit to the shop in the Visitor&#8217;s Centre yielded obligatory souvenirs of the Dead Sea (how much skin cream featuring Dead Sea minerals should we bring back??).<br><br>5. We returned to the ship via Jerusalem and had one last chance to experience the city at its busiest, rush hour on the eve of the Sabbath. What an amazing modern city, and certainly one where we would love to return ...

... Neither of us said a word, but I was pretty fixed on those lights for a long time.<br> <br> <br><br>A little bit later, I wiped my eye with my finger (which had been washed many times) which made it burn for about 15 minutes. Salty sea indeed.<br><br>As we moved from the dry desert back to rainy Amman, we passed tons of cars flashing their lights to remind us of the impending danger of a speeding ticket. I kept thinking about Jerusalem.

... br>We arrived back into town in time to walk around and shop. Our hotel was in the 'souq.' This is in the major shopping area. We bought a sugar cane juice (not that great) and continued on to a huge gift shop. We bought a hoka and asked the shopkeeper for a good place for dinner. We walked up to the restaurant and sure enough. . . Awesome. good food and great price. <br>We have to get up early to catch our ride to the airport. We are taking Royal Jordanian to Cairo, Egypt. Wish us luck.

... n in Jordanien hat, **fahre ich auch noch spät** am Tag.<br><br>In Mazra'a angekommen w**de ich gleich freundlich und h**zlich von William und d** ganzen Familie begrüßt. Es gibt wie imm** Tee mit Salbei. Ich **fahre, dass sich William vor einigen Wochen den Rücken v**dreht hat und nun nicht so gut laufen kann, ab** ** oganisi**t 2 sein** jüng**en Brüd**, die mir ein Canyon zeigen, den ich sehen wollte. Wadi Numeira, ein wund**schön**, abwechslungreich** Canyon mit sehr ...

... There was a very long line to go downstairs into the lower area, so we waited in a side room until our guide could go pay someone off. As we were waiting, there was an Armenian mass going on. There was lots of ritual - bells, incense, sing-songy responses - and I was wondering just how anyone could be spiritually inspired or fed by all that. Anyway, our guide came back and led us down a side staircase into a little ...

... He speaks Hebrew fluently but doesn't like to.  You apparently have to speak Hebrew at a certain level to work in certain positions, especially with the government like him in public transportation.  I really felt a bit of solidarity with him speaking Arabic, like he could speak freely and was more at ease.  So I went to Borderline after that, walking on Nablus street through East Jerusalem and enjoying speaking Arabic with locals instead of having to feel awkward ...

... ovens and vats for wine, ruins of a mosque and a church, a Mamluk palace, prison cells, and a large keep. There were many arrow slits lining the outer walls of the castle. And then after seeing the museum, for a small tip, we were allowed down into a large underground tunnel- this one was wide and flat, not nearly as creepy as the secret passageway we went down at Shobak. Once back in Madaba we spent a few hours doing a walking tour of churches and ruins where ...

... Everyone pays 1 JOD to go in, take a picture and moves on. If you ask me, it is not worth it. The same is true for our next stop, Madaba. Here, they discovered the remains of an old mosaic map of the Holy Land, with biblical places and stuff. To look at it you have to buy a ticket for 1 JOD again... but outside the church, there is a picture of the mosaic which is better than the actual mosaic itself - and looking at that is free. So if you are not particularly ...

... our group enjoyed uninterrupted the coolness of the air and the flowing water (and played dunking games with each other). The sounds of laughter and delight we heard today have no doubt been heard here for as long as people have known of this oasis. Finally it was time to leave, so we walked back down, dried off and boarded the bus for the trip back south to our hotel at Ein Bokek on the shores of the Dead Sea. We checked in, got our luggage to our rooms and settled ...