Shepherd Hotel Bethlehem

Jamal Abdel-Naser Street Bethlehem, West Bank and Gaza

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A new theory of time and fly larva in the eye

A travel blog entry by elansarah

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... and sandals and followed Mickey into the hostile wet papparzi. Sarah wisely decided to stay behind. We took one of the kibbutz Kia's, found a thin metal cable and headed out. We found the car sadly sunken into a foot of thick mud. My mom standing near-by looking regrettingly accepting of the situation. She warned us not to try and drive the car out of the mud, a warning which we of course ignored to no effect. We tied the sunken car to the Kia with the ...

Busting through the border to Bethlehem

A travel blog entry by jimstephkrueger

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... discovered that he had left a blank piece of paper at the wall and had kept his written prayer in his pocket - so he wanted to go and leave the actual prayer note.


We then went to a Kibbutz for lunch. It was not the quaint idea of a Kibbutz that we had in mind - there were tourist busses everywhere and it was basically an overpriced cafeteria. I ended up just eating a bit of what Jim got as it was so confusing - you had different meal ...

Another great day in J

A travel blog entry by astorixx

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... with Tell ed-Duweir (Tel Lakhish), a mound surrounded by valleys and lying some 24 km (15 mi) W of Hebron. Anciently this site occupied a strategic position on the principal road linking Jerusalem with Egypt. At one time the city covered an area of about 8 ha (20 acres) and perhaps had a population numbering between 6,000 and 7,500 persons.
Besieged by Sennacherib. Lachish was besieged by Assyrian King Sennacherib in 732 B.C.E.
Captured ...

Brisbane in the air

A travel blog entry by astorixx

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... pictures. Being able to walk around the outside of the city while reading the scriptures about his last day of life on earth was brilliant. He certainly covered a lot of territory in his final 24hrs of earthly life. We also saw the Dead Sea Scrolls at the museum. What a treat :-) Everything in Jerusalem is so interesting. The day ended with us all back at the hotel for some well earn R&R at ...

Crossing the border - eventful

A travel blog entry by astorixx

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... hotel in the days that followed found us using the back streets that completely avoided border control. How exactly does this work? Why doesn't everyone use it? Tell me again why they allow this? Why exactly is there a border control on the main entry into Bethlehem? This place both amuses and confuses. Oh, now I remember. It's so the cab drivers can charge you double because they're only allowed in the back door and not allowed to take passengers through the front door... gotta love it.
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