2014-04-01 – Beersheva to Acre
Leaving Beersheva, we headed on the main highway to the North. Had great views of the towns and cities along the way including Tel Aviv. We stopped at Caesarea, to Mt Carmel, toRead More…
2014-03-29 – Amman to the Dead Sea
Today we travelled from Amman through to Madaba where the Mosaics are. We proceeded to Mt Nebo which looked into the Promised land – just like Moses. Then down the valley –Read More…
2014-04-04 – Galilee to Jerusalem via Jericho
We left Galilee and headed south along the Jordan Valley. We stopped at Beit Shean and then to the place where Gideon chose his soldiers. Heading south we went to Jericho, toRead More…
2014-03-26 – Mt Sinai – St Katherines to Eilat
A very start to the day and a ride by Camel to the steps that ascend to the top of Mt Sinai. Up at the top prior to Sunrise and then walkRead More…
2014-04-13 – Athens – Leave for flight home
A quiet morning – but we did head up to the change of the guard at Parliament House – really great and was quite a procession with Bands and the change ofRead More…
2014-04-12 – Athens
Today was our tour of Athens – A bus trip around the highlights of Athens including the change of the guard at Parliament House, the University area, Mars Hill and the Parthenon.Read More…
2014-04-11 – Athens
After a really early start, we left Jerusalem and travelled to the Airport – went through customs and then fly to Athens. The agenda for the day was to relax and enjoyRead More…
2014-03-13 – Cairo
One of the things that I attempted to do whilst on the trip to the Middle East was to keep track of where we went each day. This was achieved by placingRead More…
2014-03-15 – Cairo
Another quiet day in Cairo – Heather and I were taken to Giza to visit a friend of or Tour Guide from our 2011 trip to Egypt. We then returned to theRead More…
2014-03-16 – Dahshur – Saqqara
The trip started in earnest today – we travelled south from Cairo to Dahshur (red line at the bottom of the map), then on the return, went to Memphis (on the rightRead More…