After our Yam l'Yam failure, Josh picked us up in our rental car and we spent the next few nights driving around Israel, hiking and camping and seeing the sights. Since I know pictures are the more exciting things to see and I rather post pictures than write a lot, here goes!
We went to the Teldan Nature Reserve where there were beautiful springs, Winnie the Pooh's Tree, Paradise, and amazing views. It felt nice to cool off in fresh clean water, and it felt even better to be hiking without the 30 lbs or so on our backs!
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| Winnie the Pooh's Tree |
We went to the Naot Factory because Arielle and Josh wanted to buy some sandals that apparently are amazing, but I will never leave my Rainbows behind! We had Lebanese falafel for lunch and had an amazing dinner at a fish restaurant called Dag al Hadan. They serve you all you can eat salads and bread and potatoes along with the full fish with head (or you can be normal and order it without the head like I did). We devoured all that food because we hadn't been having many satisfying meals on this trip.
We spent the night next to the Syrian border in these cool teepees, and the owner of the campsite was this crazy drunk man riding a horse everywhere. It was a lot of fun to all be together and it felt nice to finally have a mattress to sleep on!
The next day we went rafting down what was basically a big lazy river, so I enjoyed relaxing and laying there without doing much and it was quite a pleasant experience. At night, we went to Hamat Gader Hot Springs and then we all drove down to the Kinneret and barbecued and camped nearby it with plans to go to the Dead Sea the next day.
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| hot springs |
We drove down the highway through the West Bank (don't worry it's safe-ish) and went to the Dead Sea where we played in the mud and water and floated and such. We then drove down to the Negev Desert and camped in the crater at Mitzpe Ramon, stopping a lot on the way to take pictures. It was by far one of my favorite nights here, there were a billion stars out and it was so nice and peaceful and was what I wanted this whole time, to see a bunch of stars. We also had a fun photoshoot with lights and different camera techniques thanks to Josh and his camera.
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| Palestinian license plate |
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| Yam Ha'Melach |
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| camel from the car! |
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| crater |
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| Bedouin campsite |
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| nightsky |
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| thanks to Gabby's ability to write everyone's name in cursive backwards |
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