Wildlife

Running around the desert nearby were little deer/antelope looking things. They didn't really seem to care about a clanking Hyundai or people snapping pictures. We also saw warning signs for camel crossing which we both thought was hilarious. Camels were abundant but I didn't take any pictures of them...yet.

Dead Sea & Mudbaths

The next morning found me behind the wheel of a goofy looking Hyundai headed toward the Dead Sea. Near the coast, Israel has forests and lush flowers but as you get closer to the Dead Sea, the land gets a little more arid. We stopped at Sea Level to take a picture then headed to the lowest dry point on earth (1,237 below sea level). After a scorching hot mud bath my skin felt the smoothest I have ever known it to be. Later, I had the worst eye pain ever by accidently getting some water in my eye, but followed it off with an awesome massage (the lady said I had the loosest shoulder muscles ever!) Finished it off with a short jog down to Masada and headed in for the night.

First day of Israel

Landed in Tel Aviv to find a wonderful sprawling city awaiting me. I figured I had to power on through so I would get on the right sleep schedule so I stayed up all of my night (which was day in Tel Aviv and got to enjoy some awesome beach time. Later we popped off to a very exclusive club that our Israeli friends knew. Dancing with glowsticks and $20 drinks made a memorable night but by the end I had been up for about 48 hours (kinda like Greg used to do all the time) and sleep by that point was bliss