Travel Stories
How To Find A Private Tour Guide in Israel
How to Find a Private Tour Guide in Israel We are total do-it-yourself travelers but thought we needed to find a private tour guide in Israel; at least for parts for the trip. We just didn’t want to be herded…
Luxury Nights Wadi Rum
Luxury Nights Wadi Rum Into The Desert Instructions were a little vague for our arrival to Wadi Rum. We paid for entrance to the National Park and managed to meet our guide at the Village. They decided that since our…
The Best Place To Snorkel In Eilat
Best Place to Snorkel in Eilat This was supposed to be a down day. However I’ve heard about the Red Sea as a great place for snorkeling for years, and had researched the best place to snorkel in Eilat. So…
Jerusalem On Our Own
Yehuda Mahane Market Today is our first day without a guide. It was great to sleep in for the first time in a week. By late morning we set off on foot for the yehuda market. This was giant mix…
Petra – Seven New Wonders
Petra Jordan -New Seven Wonders As you climb out of the mostly flat desert, going up to Petra, the rock formations become more and more spectacular and the views more panoramic. To save on international phone cost, I downloaded the…
Crossing The Eilat Aqaba Border into Jordan
Crossing the Eilat Aqaba border We had anticipated some hassles crossing the Eilat Aqaba border and getting into Jordan. Especially since there is what the Israelis call a “cold peace” between the two countries. As it turned out, we did…
Into the Negev
Guide Number Three Our guide Avi is off to give a lecture in Greece today. He recommended Gadi Ben-Dov for our trip South from Jerusalem. We realize it is going to be a LONG day and the first thing we…
Mount of Olives to the Lions Gate
Mount of Olives Since it was the Sabbath, our trusty rental car was locked in the parking lot for the day. We opted to take taxis to the top of the mount of olives to start our day. It is…
City of David
City of David This archelogical dig of ancient Jerusalem is incredibly difficult to describe. we entered into the side of the hill outside the “old city’ wall. We then wound our way through various water channels. The orgininal was built…
Tiberias to Jerusalem
Breakfast at Mount Tabor The bottom of Mount Tabor is a village called, you guessed it, Tabor. They have another coffee shop chain called Cafe Café and it is also very good with good coffee and enormous breakfast that we…