Amman

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Petra

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MVIMG_20190808_091657 — Our bedouin buddies.

20190809040137_IMG_5412 — Nabataen amphitheatre in Petra. Borrowing from the Greeks and Romans.

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IMG_20190810_090414 — Making some friends with the local boys in Petra

Wadi Rum, Jordan

IMG_20190807_191628 — Sunset in the desert.

IMG_20190807_194946 — Camel ride with the bedouins. I’m getting to know my camels. After this ride we had a night time bedoiun with a great bedoin guide Amjad. He was so great. He told us “you have to read the desert like a book”. he showed us all the different tracks you can read in the desert, lizard, rabbit, fox. Then he built a little fire out of twigs and made tea and smoked cigarettes while we looked at the stars. Great guy. We had so much fun

IMG_20190807_184039 — Chillin at the bedouin bubble camp

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Bethlehem

IMG_20190804_132156 — This is the “exact spot”, here in Bethlehem, where Jesus was born. There’s an altar over a marble floor and a little hole in the floor where you reach down and touch the actual rock where he was born. This is Paul and Victoria in the picture. I’m sorry to say I was a little disappointed… I really was expecting something resembling a manger with some hay, a little basket, maybe a donkey or a lamb or something like that. O well. I guess I will just have to dismantle yet another fairytale from childhood.

IMG_20190804_132236 — This is the spot where Jesus was laid after he was born.

IMG_20190804_114217 — Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, where Jesus was buried.

Jerusalem

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MVIMG_20190804_095330 — At the Western Wall

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Masada

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20190803032719_IMG_5321 — Loved our guide Amit

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Caesarea, Maresha, Golan Heights

Caesarea

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Maresha National Park – Archeological Dig Site

Golan Heights & Northern Israel

IMG_20190731_092153 — Old British tank from the 1980s. We were about 300ft from the Syrian border here in the Golan Heights.

MVIMG_20190730_163201 — Northern Israel – just a few feet from Lebanon

Galilee

IMG_20190731_071417 — I just had to do this — walking on water in Galilee. The Sea of Galilee in the background.

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Jaffa

IMG_20190726_152954 — Enjoyed the Old Jaffa in Tel Aviv

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IMG_20190724_182652 — Typical Israeli lunch – humus and lots of little bowls

Tel Aviv

MVIMG_20190724_175519 — Tel Aviv is a total beach town

IMG_20190725_122905 — Graffiti (Street Art) Tour of Tel Aviv

IMG_20190725_134729 — David Ben Gurion – founder of the State of Israel

IMG_20190728_171953 — Best humus ever at this great Yemeni cafe in Carmel Market

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IMG-20190801-WA0006~2 — Surfing!

MVIMG_20190728_164010 — Shopping in Carmel Market for our Israeli dinner

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