Herods Palace Hotel Eilat
North Beach, (formerly Sheraton Herods Palace Hotel) Eilat, 88000, Israel
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A day with the fishies
... by using our feet. We were going to wait for the bus, but we also wanted to see how much a taxi would be in case the bus didn't come for a while. Somehow, in the process of asking a random girl how much her taxi would cost (28-30 shekels), we ended up in it, sharing it with her and paid less than that, which was almost a wash with what the bus would have cost for 3 people, and got us back much sooner.
After climbing the hill to our hotel, we ...
I'm on a Boat!
... alleyways to the front of the queue where a few uniformed men were checking people's passports. In fact they were not checking passports at all but little slips of paper that everyone seemed to be giving them. I had obviously forgotten something.
They were actually showing their visas which everyone except me seemed to have gotten on board the ship. There had been so many announcements in Arabic and people rushing all over the place I ...
In the footsteps of Lawrence of Arabia
... br>
By evening we were ready to get off our feet, and we sat for a while on a ridge to watch the sun set over the mountains. Then it was back to the Zuwaideh camp for a dinner of grilled lamb and chicken, cooked with potatoes in a three-tiered rack that goes into a fire pit in the ground. Away from the city lights, I saw the Milky Way for the first time in years.
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Wandering in the desert
... said Hai Bar nothing else) and drove an extra 20km or so before turning back and finding it. You drive amongst the animals with a cd commentary in your own car then tour the cages of the predator animals.
From Sues' point of view TImna had a lot of archaeology (cave paintings and different rock formations) which inspired Pat more than it did me. It may have had something to do ...
Worthless without a man
... where I stayed when I was here last and was informed that it was closed for the night due to the holiday. Damn it.
Walking less than a block away I found another hostel and was informed that it was 100 Sheckels a night. Double, but NOTHING is open, and I have a very fast approaching deadline to buy food & water for the next day. Already 95% of stores are closed. So I drop my bags & run. The only store left open has noodles, and…. That’s ...



