Thank you very much for the kind words. This is the country I have come to love and I want to share it with all of you... maybe you will go and visit it yourself one day.
You can always ask me to be your guide
To see the country in its entire, it is a trip through different landscapes- the variety is enormous, from the green mountains up north to the desert heat in Eilat. One of the first beautiful trips I had was the ride Eden and Einav gave me when we drove from Tel Aviv to Eilat. It was the first time in my life I saw the desert! The colours are beautiful, it is not at all as monotone as you would expect it to be.
Here are pics from the desert around the Dead Sea and Masada fortress, about 1,5 hr drive from Jerusalem.
Going to Masada was very special for me. As A kid I wanted to be an archeologist from the first day I learned to spell the word. I was always going through books about old places and knew that one day I would go there- the place drew me like a magnet. It has a very special place in the history of Israel and the jewish people.
View from Masada on the desert suroundings- you can see the Dead Sea
A model of Masada, the way it was in the times of King Herod
The Dead Sea, from this place you can see Jordan on the other side.
The white stuff on the rocks might look like snow, but it is salt sediment.
the mountains around the place, this looks like paradise don't you think?
Floating in the Dead Sea, very relaxing and weird. The water feels almost oily to the skin.
And then you have to rub yourself with the mud, when you take it off your skin feels like new!
