Four days have passed and we have reached the south of Jordan, Aqaba at the red sea. After warm and long days in the desert it was time to treat ourselves with a nice dip in the crystal clear water. I've been to Eilat twice and I have always been able to see Jordan from far, but now I was in Jordan looking at Israel and Eilat. It was a funny feeling. We were sitting on the beach in Aqaba, to the left we could see a city belonging to Saudi Arabia (walking distance), across the sea were the mountains of Sinai in Egypt and to the right, in the bay, was Eilat, Israel. It's a weird feeling knowing we can't go to the left (Saudi Arabia) and the people to the right (Israel) can't come ... read more

The third destination was the spot where the movie Lawrence of Arabia was filmed, not because of the scenery, but because this was actually the place where Lawrence based his operatioins during the Arab Revolt of 1917-18. Yes, I did get this information from wikipedia, I never saw the movie of heard of this guy before I came to this place. Here's the description of Wadi Rum as one of the Worlds greatest deserts: Wadi rum is an outstanding desert landscape. Sheersided mountains of sandstone and granite emerge from open valleys to reach heights of over 1700 meters; and narrow canyons cut deep into the mountains, often concealing ancient rock drawings. This remarkable landscape is now a protected area covering 720 square kilometers and available for everyone to explore and enjoy! And boy did I enjoy ... read more

Destination 1: Amman On the 7th of June early in the morning I travelled to Nazareth with my friend Catalina (classmate from Germany), we had booked a bus from Nazareth to Amman, Jordan. It takes about 4-5 hours to Amman, this is including the hour you spend at the border. It was not that cheap actually crossing the border, when you leave Israel you need to pay at the border and in Jordan you need to pay when you enter the country. The way there is therefore expensive, while going back to Israel again costs nothing:) A funny fact: At the border the bus changed its numberplates from israeli to jordanian. So we reached Amman, with no map and no clue (always an exciting feeling). we asked a cabdriver to get us to the Rainbow street ... read more

The last stop of the trip was in the capital city, Jerusalem. We stayed at friends here and spent a lovely day walking around in the city. We visited the christian area outside the old city, went to see the grave of Oskar Schindler in the christian cemetery and then walked our way down towards the old city and the wailing wall. Because it was a holy day (end of pessach) we were not allowed to take pictures at the wall or write notes to put inside the wall. Why is this? Because you are not supposed to do any physical work on a holy day (incl. shabbath). Taking a picture for example, means u have to push a button, and pushing buttons is not allowed. Also using a pen to write a note is not ... read more

We woke up early in the morning to be the first to arrive at the national park of Ein Gedi. It was about 15-20 minutes walk from the campingsite (Ein Gedi Beach). When we arrived, around 7am, we saw alot of hyraxes and ibexs walking around the entrance and on the parking lot, this was fun:) We entered the park as the first ones which allowed us to have all the views and pools for ourselves, it was also not as hot to hike, like the day before in Masada. Ein Gedi has two wadis, we started with Nachal David, which was definitely my favourite out of the two. This wadi had alot more small pools and waterfalls and nice parts to climb. After a beautiful walk through Nachal David - 2-3hours - we walked to ... read more