Day 7, 8, 9: Jerusalem (again), Dead Sea, Masada
I don't have time to do a full write-up, so here are the highlights...
Two days ago I went south to the desert. It was somewhat funny because we made a wrong turn and the reason we realized it was we saw a sign that was "gaza 30k", and my co-worker was all like... Hmm. We should have turned a while back. Anyhow, it was funny at the time. The car ran out of steering fluid, so the ride back was also interesting.
Yesterday I went to visit a family in Jerusalem and had dinner with them. They live 500 yards from the wall that separates the palestinians from the rest of Jerusalem. We ate dinner outdoors while a muslim 'come to pray' song could be heard in the distance.
Today I went to the Dead Sea (the lowest place on earth), and Masada. Yup, I float in the dead sea like everyone else.
Anyhow, there's some interesting stuff happening today over here. I'm heading out tomorrow morning, and should be in Toronto not too long from now.
I'll post more pics later.
3 Comments:
Hey aaron, nathan again.
Glad all is well and you're getting out of there.
It would indeed have been tragic had you ended up in Gaza. Nobody should have to exist anywhere near conditions like those.
Interesting the sign was in Km; what with the USA being israel's best friend, you'd think they'd at least use imperial. :)
Hope you have a safe flight!
-nathan
Shit, forget about going back to washington!
http://spokesman-review.com/breaking/story.asp?ID=7017
:)
Interestingly enough Israel is all metric.
Yes, it would suck to live in Gaza. We are very lucky to not have to deal with the issues they have to deal with every day.
The flight back to Toronto was pretty good, the flight back to Seattle was a bit bumpy, but not too bad.
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