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The Beach Walk

On Wednesday, we went on a beach walk north of Haifa,We were going to do it on Sunday but the weather wasn't nice,Today however the weather was beautiful,The walk started with us climbing over a gate for the toilets
Then the man who owned it came and told us to go away and stop using the toilets because they were locked.Stupid to have locked toilets what is the point.We then started the walk along the beach. It was really fun running along with Naomi, Zoë and Rachel and they were collecting shells. The sea looked amazing!!!We stopped of at some ruins from the Chanukah time of the Greeks, It was a port which when the Romans controlled Israel was no longer used because they built an even better one.We carried on walking until we came to another beachy area. On which we played all sorts of things for half an hour.There was the most amazing sunset ever!!!!!!!!!!!!Amazingamazingamazing.IT was a bright orange sun and it looked like it was sitting on the water with swirls of clouds in different shades of orange all round it.
AMAZING!!!!!
AMAZING!!!!!
AMAZING!!!!!
But I am really annoyed because my camera had run out of battery so I couldn't take a photo.We then carried on our walk back to the bus.It was now dark and we lay down on the sand and we looked up at the stars and kept quiet,hearing the waves was so refreshing!One OF the Most amazing days ever!

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Zichron Ya'akov

Today we went to Zichron Ya'akov,
Is that the place where Jonny lives what is his surname and what are the childrens names.
Someone from liverpool lived there so i want to know if they know them.
We went to the detention center, where the British kept the illigall immegrants who wanted to live in Israel after the war, before it became Israel. we saw were they first went, and where they slept,
it was very interesting.
We then went to the Aaronson house.
It was all about the NILI organisation to help the brittish win the war and take over Pallestine.
We were told how they were caught and what happened to them.
It was very cool when we went into the actuall place where one of them commited suicide.
It was interesting trip and on Wednesday we are going on a beach walk.

Adiel

what does Adiel look like,
big, small,
who does she look like,
what present should i get her.
is a childrens book a good idea
or canyou think of somthing else.
see you soon

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Just a Quick Note

Nathan i hope that you will get better soon,
and everyoone keep up to date with my blog.
I am now up to date yeh!!!

Carmel Mountains

On Wednesday we went on a short hike through the Carmel Mountains. We walked along for around ten minutes over rocks and bushes to Sea amazing views of the Mediterranean at the only point in Israel where it is north. We then acted out a story from the Tanach and carried on the walk. At the end we saw an amazing sunset before we got on the coach. We then went to a Druze market where they sold everything from BB guns to swords to Eilat trousers. We were there for about half an hour and did lots of heavy bargaining. Then we went to a tourist place where we learnt about the Druze religion and had an amazing Druze supper of Iraqi pita, kebabs and rice. It was really tasty.However some people have hot a bit of food poisoning.and some have it "really bad".

Acco

On Sunday I went to Acco, a country notrth of Haifa. It is a multi-cultural city with many different religions. We went to an Arab market where we saw different spices and meats. We then went to a mosque. We went in and somebody spoke to us about the Muslim religion, we got to see where they pray and heard the call to prayer. We then went to have lunch. After this we went to the Behai Gardens. They are amazing, beautiful gardens in gardens of the founder of the religion, under two hundred years ago. We had another talk about their religion and found out that they believe that you can be any religion as long as you believe in one god. And you help people.
It was a bit like hippies but not as tipsy.

The Dead Sea

The final stop in the Negev is the Dead Sea. We got there and i wasn't sure weather to go in or not. This was because i had loads of cuts all over my legs. I decided however that it is worth the risk and so i went, to begin with it stung like mad but I soon got used to it. On the floor I saw these salt crystals and they looked really cool. I then put some mud on that Beverley had bought all of us and that killed like mad. So I took it off right away. It was defiantly worth going in however i found that on the bus it killed like crazy and I was burning up.
The Dead Sea is places were you need to have a 10 minute shower to make it not hurt.

Masada

That night wasn't the comfiest night ever because I found myself sleeping on a hill on a huge rock. But it was still fun. We were them woken up at 4' o'clock so that we could get to the top of Massada for sunrise. IT was much harder than I remember it but i was 3rd up which is good considering I only lost to David and Joel. At the top we had 20 mins to spare so we were chering on the rest of our group. At sunrise I was about to take a photo and my battery ran out so i was quickly changing the batteries and it was close. But I got some great photos. I then got the best photo of a lifetime. It was of sunrise with the Israeli flag flying. Beautiful! We then had a tour around the top. And at the end we went to the far side of Massada, which we didn't go to and there we shouted um, yisroel, chai, and because of the positions of the mountains you could hear the echo for another 10 - 15 secs, it was amazing. Finally we wanted to walk back down but we weren't allowed because of time. But the view in the cable car was till good. At the bottom we had lunch and then went of to the Dead Sea...

Ein Gedi

On the last day in Yerucham we packed our bags and left for Ein Gedi. On the way we stopped of at where Lots wife was thought to have turned into salt.We then went down to Ein Gedi stopping of at the hostel for an amazing lunch of schnitzel, chips and like every meal, rice. We then went into Ein Gedi. We didn't have a lot of time and so went to one of the nearest pools. I again was the first to jump in and we got the chance to swim around for about half an hour. One the walk down we saw some more Ibex and also some Hyrax, which look like Rabbits but are most closely related to the elephant. This time going to Ein gedi was not as good as the time we went to Israel, because we only went in one water whole, however, it was good because I was with my friends. We were then told a story about King David. As it was getting dark we had to hurry to reach our campsite at the Bottom of Massada and had to get our tents up really quickly. After this we had an amazing BBQ (the best meal of the whole trip) and made a fire for a campfire. We all roasted marshmallows and then went to bed as we would have to get really early. I was sharing a tent with Jonny, and David and we played Monopoly all night.

Sunday

THe sunday tyal was our last day in Yerucham. The tyal was a hike and then absaling down a cliff. It would have been amazing but unfortunatly i threw up that moring. So i stayed in bed till 1, lukeyly i had jonny with me becuase he couldn't do it just in case of his arm. So shera, jonny and i got one of the best falafels i had ever had and them we went to the tallest playground i had ever seen.
Not as good asthe tyal but it was still alright.

Shabbat in Yerucham

Shabbat was really cool. We were in a youth hostel and we were the only ones there. There was a TABBLE TENNIS TABLE yeh, and a table football which we played non-stop, Friday night some boys did their activity toranut and it was a x factor or should say esser factor. It was very enjoyable and from the second worst score we came second. Sabbat was relaxing and we then had a walk around the town. IT was really nice. There were two huge towers, the symbol of Yerucham and the lady told us their was a slide on it, so we all ran there and it was tiny, a big disappointment. After shabbat went out we had a talent show. I was lights and camera man, many of the acts were very good, either enjoyable, talent or very funny. Then the madrachim did a sketch on all our saying and our stupid ness it was really funny. Shabbat was a very fun day.

Just a quick note

I want to say mazel tov to Rachel,
wow a new cousin,
i cant wait to see you her and of course you rachel.
I hope that you get out of hospital quickly and that everything goes well.

Eilat day 2 - the underwater observatory

Before going back up into the main part of The Negev we went to the Eilat Underwater Observatory. It was just down the road from where we went snorcalling. We were allowed to go around on our own so josh and i went to sea all the different fish, There were shaks and rare fish, it was eally cool because there was a section of fluresent corals and they were beautiful. We then to the underwater part. IT was really nice seeing the fish swimming not in captivity but at the same time we can see them.
We then started our journey back up the negev to Yarucham

Day 1 in Eilat

The Hostel we stayed in, was a very basic bed, cudboard and TV room with very uncofortable beds. The food was also not very good.We started our day by going on a morning hike of the Eilat mountains. We walked along a rough, steep path to reach the top, on the way stopping to talked about where the place originated from. We then walked up to the top to see yet another amazing view. This one looked over to the Red Sea and Jordan as well as being able to see the whole of Eilat and some of the dessert.We then walked down to the bottom of the path and came out by the Coral Reaf snorcalling area. We all got the chance to go snorcalling along with a guide along that area of the protected Reaf. It was really beautiful and we found out that it was one teh sugestions for the new 7 wonders of the world. We saw loads of different fish and the guide pointed some out to us. Some of these included Nemo and Dori.
We then went to the water spots. I went on a paddle boat and a kayak with Bea and Zoe because we didn't want to go on the banana boat. It was really fun though and i swam a bit.
After this we walked back to the Youth Hostel throught the market and got the chance to buy souvanirs. We got back to the hostel and had supper.Then we went to the Mall opposite and got two hours to shop. I got some really cool things

Wednesday - day 2 of the Negev

ON Wednesday we went to Ein Avdat, Ein avdat is on the wasy to eilat, it is in the middle of the dessert and it is quite extrodinary. This is because although it is in the middle of the dessert there is a stream with a beautiful waterfall at the end. All the way along the stream it was really cool because there was the most amazing reflection of the rocks and sky above.
We then walked up the side of the rocks, up a very narrow staircase carved out of the rock. There was then a steep walk up the mountain followed by a ladder. It was very fun going up and there was the most fantastic view from the top.

We them carried on the journey to Eilat where we stoped off at ben gurion's house. We had a tour and it was very interesting to find out about him and his views about the negev. Finally we stopped off at a huge crater but it was made by water and it was very cool.

We got back on the couche for the last time that day and headed for our hostel in Eilat.

Tuesday - the first day of the Negev

ON TUesday we started our journey to the south.
When we arrived at our first destination it was in the middle of nowhere.
We had arrived at bedwin tents.
Bedwins are people who live in the dessert and traditionaly didn't have the most tecnical lifestyle.
HOwever nowadays it is becoming more and more techinical with them having T.V's and having proper houses because they no longer move around. THe bedwins used to travel by camel and so becuase we were having a day at being traditional bewins we got to ride on them. It was realy fun and i rode with JOny. It was very scary getting on and off but it was really fun.
We then had a traditional welcoming and first we got welcomed by a tune, then we had tea. It was really nice and sweet.
We finally had coffee and it was really sour bitter and horrible.
That night it was really fun because we slept in a huge tent on matterases. and we were diving around on them it was the funnest night so far.
And i really enjoyed the whole day from when we got to the bedwin place.