We had been dreading
this moment all trip…a dip in the Dead Sea in the middle of winter. We had
warmed up with a float in heated Dead Sea water in the hotel last night, but
this was 7:30 am in the unheated Sea. As it turned out it was a great morning
and the Sea was no cooler than the Ocean at home in Summer. Have a look at us
floating around on this video as the
“Dead Sea Scrollers”.
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| Fooling around in the Dead Sea |
We head off to Masada,
the famous “Jews last stand” against the Romans. This is real desert country
and here were the Romans looking to remove less than 1,000 Jews from the top of
a mountain plateau fort established in the times of King Herod. In the end the
Romans succeeded with the remaining Jews deciding on mass suicide, rather than capture. The Romans had to spend 3
years building a ramp to the top…you would hardly think it was worth the
effort. Looking forward to getting the Masada movie starring Peter O’Toole.
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| Herod's Fort |
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| Moder day "Warriors" :) |
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| Where the Romans had to camp |
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| Dead Sea |
We also call in for a
walk in the National Park of En Gedi which is an oasis in this desert. This is
winter and the temperatures in the low 20s .
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| Oasis tramping |
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| A rarity in the desert |
Finally the much
anticipated arrival in Jerusalem in the early evening.
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