My trip to Israel in a nutshell...


Advertisement
Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem
February 5th 2009
Published: February 5th 2009
Edit Blog Post

My trip to Israel was the biggest portion of my journey in the fall, so I will try to summarize it the best possible. Upon our return from Egypt, we crossed back over the border into Eilat. We spent the night there, a very pretty, fun beach town on the Red Sea, and then took a bus up to Jerusalem the next morning. The bus ride was 4.5 hours and followed a route up eastern Israel, passing thro... Read Full Entry



Photos are below
Photos: 63, Displayed: 21


Advertisement

Bet ShemeshBet Shemesh
Bet Shemesh

ampitheater in the national park near our dig site
Bet ShemeshBet Shemesh
Bet Shemesh

at the dig site after we spent all day winterizing the caves...
Bet ShemeshBet Shemesh
Bet Shemesh

Thierry, Arava, and Phil at the dig site... worked with them at Archaeological Seminars
Bet ShemeshBet Shemesh
Bet Shemesh

Ancient Meresha dig site at sunset
Bet ShemeshBet Shemesh
Bet Shemesh

dig site- Arava's car... she kindly drove us from Jerusalem to the dig every day :)
Ancient MereshaAncient Meresha
Ancient Meresha

one of the caves at the dig
Ancient MereshaAncient Meresha
Ancient Meresha

lighting up cave 84, an unexcavated cave- "spalunking" (spelling?)
Ancient MereshaAncient Meresha
Ancient Meresha

cave 84- the rectangular holes you see are pigeon holes that the edemites who lived there 2-3,000 years ago made for the pigeons to make fertilizer, etc.
Ancient MereshaAncient Meresha
Ancient Meresha

lighting cave 84
Ancient MereshaAncient Meresha
Ancient Meresha

more of lighting cave 84... it's a long path
Ancient MereshaAncient Meresha
Ancient Meresha

at the end of cave 84
Ancient MereshaAncient Meresha
Ancient Meresha

in one of the caves
Ancient MereshaAncient Meresha
Ancient Meresha

more caves...
Ancient MereshaAncient Meresha
Ancient Meresha

apparently we loved the caves...
Tel AvivTel Aviv
Tel Aviv

when we met up with Adam King in Tel Aviv
Tel AvivTel Aviv
Tel Aviv

Mediterranean



Tot: 0.085s; Tpl: 0.018s; cc: 12; qc: 24; dbt: 0.0452s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.1mb