A Float on the Dead Sea

Guest Blogger: Orly

Yea, about the title; that was just part of our day, yet there are no pictures to prove it. The other parts include touring Masada,riding a camel, and visiting the lowest place on Earth!




I guess we'll start off with what we did first. "Taxi, taxi!" Yea, right. the "taxi" was a camel! It looked fun, so Eli, Orly, and Bram climbed on. If you think camels look tall, you should try to climb onto one! Thankfully, we got a good picture of all the kids before Bram decided that it was time for him to climb off, as you can tell by the next picture, which shows just Eli and Orly.
But on to Masada. During the hour-and-a-half drive, we reached the lowest point on Earth. We passed hundreds of large, desert hills. Finally, we reached the visitor's center below Masada, where we got tickets to ride the cable car.(No trail for us. It was already too hot!) When we reached Masada, Ikey showed us what was most of Masada, but still not all. We viewed palaces, both private and public, and storage rooms, and there was a story behind each one! We rode the cable car back down to the visitor's center and ate a great lunch. We then started out for the dead sea. After more hills, we got into our bathing suits, and got into the Dead Sea. After two hours of mud and floating, we visited the shallow fresh water pools,and sulfur springs. Then it's back to the apartment.
After an hour at our favorite playground, and then out to an Asian dinner. Then it's really to the apartment for real to go to bed. Goodnight!