Davids Cave – Ein Gedi Nature Reserve – Dead Sea – Israel
The Reading of 1 Samuel 24:1-3 tells of the story of David hiding from Saul in the Ein Gedi Wilderness 1 And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from followingRead More…
The Reading of 1 Samuel 24:1-3 tells of the story of David hiding from Saul in the Ein Gedi Wilderness 1 And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from followingRead More…
Eilat is about as south as you can go in Israel. It is at the bottom of a small wedge section that meets the Gulf of Aqaba. It is has population ofRead More…
Travelling around Eilat was really interesting – but I was wondering whether the sculpture – art work in the roundabouts are a distraction or make the experience travelling around Eilat enjoyable. IRead More…
After a very early start to the day, a climb to the top of Mt Sinai and more driving through the wilderness of the Sinai Peninsula, we finally arrived at the BorderRead More…
Today we travelled from Eilat to Timna Park – where King Solomons Copper Mines are located. Back to Eilat then into Jordan and travelled to Petra in preparation for our trip intoRead More…
Gee it was hot!!! and I’ve never been so far below sea level before. Fancy being over 400 metres below sea level. When we went to Israel and finally got through customsRead More…
On the eastern side of the Judean Hills and alongside the Dead sea is an area known as Qumran. This area is dry, hot and barren – it is un-inviting and notRead More…
Khirbet Qumran – (Ruin of Qumran) It was definitely a place that the Essenes would have liked – not a place that they would have been interrupted very often. In a placeRead More…
The Dead Sea is about 400 metres below sea level. In this photo we were looking from the Qumran area towards Jordan. A haze in the air progressively got worse as theRead More…
Many articles you read say that the best time to get your best photos is either early in the morning ie just before Sunrise to about 1 hour after sunrise (depending onRead More…