Once upon a time, the hostel offered a tour to Masada and the Dead Sea. So we went. It turned out to be like a taxi driver who waited around for us... But it was great!
Stop #1: Masada. Old fortress of Herod's. Yeah, that's right, another one. Only this one is on top of a 1500 foot mountain that pops out of the middle of nowhere, so you can see everything from far away... It's wicked sweet! :) Check out the view...
Herod knew how to do food storage. (1 bonus point for him). He had 29 rooms for storing food, water, and weapons so that his whole little village on top of the mountain could survive for months!
Stop #2: Dead Sea. This is one of the only things I wanted to do on this trip: so, here we are... floating in the Dead Sea! It was amazing! It's like trying to swim in Jell-O! And, it was saltier than I ever imagined!
We're all wet...
Part of this mighty adventurous stop was lathering ourselves in burning hot mud that smelled like sulfur. It was so awesome. Our skin was SO smooth after this episode!
Stop #3: Meet Sha Sha, the Camel. Cute, huh? The owner kept saying "Smile, Sha Sha..."
So, what do you do with a camel? You ride it of course!
(Here's the part where a funny story comes in... the other night some guy came up and offered Mama 50 camels for me! That's right! 50 camels! Another guy overheard him and said "She's worth more than that! At least 50 camels, 100 chickens, and 20 sheep!" Needless to say, I was slightly flattered...)
Here's us with Sha Sha and our travel buddy, Aaron. We met him at the hostel. He's been fun to travel around Jerusalem with, and he's been very patient as well! :)
We were exhausted by the end of the day... more to come!
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