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First the Dead Sea Now the Red Sea
Still in the southern part of the country. It is hot! 122 degrees. Our guide, Dafna, says it is not this hot in August! By the way, we have had our guide since Tel Aviv. She is a feisty little Jew, shorter than me! She has taken us in her van everywhere. She muscles us in different places and knows how to do everything to our best advantage. She is …
Crossing the Border
Today, we were a bit apprehensive. We crossed the border into Jordan to visit Petra. There is quite a lot involved. Our Guide did not take us. She had a day off so we were handed over to another guide who was Jordanian. First, we get picked up at our hotel by a driver who takes us to the border crossing. We have to walk across about 50 feet then he …
Day 22: Camel ride and the Eilat Mountains
We had left our flashlight in our luggage in Eilat, but we did have matches with us. These come in handy during the night when the generator goes off and we lost our air conditioning. You would think that you are paying extra for the room and that they would keep the generator going for the entire night. Oh well. Expectations! Harvey fumbles in the …
Day 23: Eilat
We wake up today thinking how different this hotel room is from the khan Shacharut with its simple furnishings and windows open and the Hotel Agamim with its modern, new, upscale, terrace and pool. How decadent is it to have a large pool with private ladder here in the desert of Eilat? We note some other differences from the last two days: …
Ashram life
... sun and pause for a moment in order to appreciate the infinite desert just steps from my bed. Slowly slowly the world around me begins to wake up as I hear the distant sounds of alarms ringing and neighbors moaning with pleasure. The birds chirping happily and the indian mantras soothing your mind. Cigarettes are lit, eggs are fried and another morning begins in the ashram.
'Ashram bamidbar' translates from hebrew to 'Ashram in the desert'. A place where one can ...