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First the good...
Today we did some really great things. I started with a wander round the ramparts of old Jerusalem. I was one ofthe only people on the ramparts (you need to pre book walks on Saturday, so few people are organised enough), and the views are beautiful both into new and old town. Old town has a curious excess of blocks of …
Chilling out in Jerusalem
I've always known it takes just one really good teacher to put history into context. Today we wandered into David’s Citadel, very close to our accommodation, and ended up accidentally arriving just when the daily English tour departed. The guided tour, which was a dense summary of Jerusalem’s History, including the citadel itself was so …
Every country has evil taxi drivers
Today started with a ******** taxi driver stealing 150 sheckels from us. This story still makes me a little bit mad. I will not recount it here, as I fear that the raging tone will continue for the whole entry, which would undermine the generally good day. As a word of warning: do not take a taxi outside the Jaffa Gate, you may end up out of pocket …
Getting to Old Jerusalem hotel from Petra is hard
There were many good things about today- getting back onto the King's Way for a few kilometres, one last Jordanian Castle visit, getting our first taste of the magnificent Jerusalem Old City- there were also many things that were not so happy.
Getting into Israel sucks. There is no doubt. If anyone manages to get from the Jordanian side of …
BEN & ME ON OUR OWN
Having been left alone at the border to Egypt due to the mysterious, disappearing passports, Ben and I took the returning bus back to Old Jerusalem (the bus was not allowed to cross, either, although a new bus and guide had been hired in advance in each country). After our guide was assured of our safe return to our hotel, where we were welcomed …
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