Sababa...

...Hebrew for "it's cool," and a catchphrase we've all picked up here. Here's a bit of a hodgepodge of some of the "sababa" things we've been up to the past few days... First up, Neot Kedumim, "where men, nature and history meet." Our guide there was not please with the group as he tried to lead us through a natural retelling of the Torah, where we ended by planting acorns we had found along the trail (not as easy to spot as you'd think), he kept yelling us we needed to be much more hurrier...


...somehow Lisa and Amanda ended up having fun despite the need for more hurry. Then we've had our fair share of hours spent on the bus. Good thing we have our handsome and witty guide Assaf to orchestrate some games. This one was Jeopardy.


Next up... CAMEL RIDES!!!


My artsy shot of another key word of the trip... Camel toe...


Lisa and I enjoying a nice little loop on the camel. Only a big camel hump separated us. We had to be careful around the camels though, as they've been known to bite...


Getting off isn't quite as nice, ask Sam (pictured here in the front). Next it was off to the Bedoin tents for a night. While sleeping in a cold dirty tent in used sleeping bags with 45 others is HARDLY my idea of a good time (and is Lisa's personal version of hell), I got through it...


... Rough conditions. We DID however get a chance to play one of my favorite games... BIG BOOTY!


Me, Lisa, Sam, and Amanda on a hike through En Gedi. The body of water behind us is the Dead Sea.


The "beach" at the Dead Sea, which is 33% salt (the ocean is 4% salt...) The salt deposits make the shoreline white and SHARP, not foam... We were there on a windy day so it was a tad dangerous and cold. Lisa and I along with our new friend Allison decided not to go in. (Lisa and I DID go in when we were here 15 years ago so we didn't feel that bad about it.) after everyone came back badly cut, we patted ourselves on the back for making good decisions. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad