Pictures of 03.18.00 -- A trip to Eilat -- Part 1, Ein Gedi, the Dead Sea and Masada

The next morning, we took the obligatory phone booth pictures ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180010 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180011 a picture at the kibbutz/youth hostel ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180012 pictures of the mountains ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180014 and the Dead Sea ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180013 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180016 from our room.
Next we went for a walk in the local nature reserve where we saw caves ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180017 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180018 where we think people lived. Then we studied the map ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180019 and found the first waterfall ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180020 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180021 which inspired us to walk further ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180022 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180023 until some of us could sit ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180024 alongside the next waterfall while others ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180025 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180026 got closer to the water. A nearby tour guide was exhorting his charges in energetic Hebrew ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180027
We continued on to the next and final waterfall ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180028 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180029 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180030 which was amazing to look at ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180031 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180032 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180033 especially on the side where droplets of rain ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180034 fell from the cliff. We used the occasion to take a number of group pictures ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180035 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180036 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180037 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180038 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180039 On the way out, we recorded the event ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180040 and headed on to the Dead Sea.
Once at the Dead Sea, we did some science ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180041 experienced the mineral baths ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180042 and turned to the mud experience as well as having a photo orgy of our group (with Suzanne as photographer) ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180043 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180044 Sarah ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180045 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180046 David ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180047 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180048 Jane ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180049 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180050 and Jan ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180051 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180052 A friendly passerby took a lot of pictures of us ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180053 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180054 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180055 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180056 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180057 because he didn't know how the camera worked.
Next it was time to take the tram ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180058 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180060 to the sea ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180061 following the rules ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180062 about swimming ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180059 The women went into the water first ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180063 and started floating ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180064 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180065 Other people were at the beach ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180066 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180067 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180068 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180069 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180070 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180071
Next we drove to Masada ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180087 and started walking along the endless winding road ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180072 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180073 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180074 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180075 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180076 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180077 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180078 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180079 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180080 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180081 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180082 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180083 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180084 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180085 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180086 to the top ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180089 where we first found ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180088 bags of archaeological cement.
We went to a few building ruins ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180090 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180091 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180092 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180093 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180094 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180095 and looked at a view ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180096
Then we looked down at where we had climbed and where the Romans had camped ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180099 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180113 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180114 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180115 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180112 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180111 at some views of the whole place ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180110 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180097 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180098 and at some views in individual buildings ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180100 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180105 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180106 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180107 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180108 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180109 We also saw a wonderful ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180102 on two floors ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180101 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180103 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180104 and the synagogue ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180116 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180117
We concluded the day with even more pictures before leaving Masada, first some views ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180118 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180119 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180120 then the storerooms ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180121 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180122 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180123 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180124 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180125 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180126 with some interesting lighting effects.
We ended the day by driving to Ein Boqeq where we crossed this road ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180127 to take a final obligatory ../../../Sabbat/Pics/03.17-18.00EilatTrip1//P3180128 phone booth picture (the talented viewer will see Sarah hiding in this picture).