An idyllic place at the Dead Sea in Israel
Hello everyone
In the western part of Romania these days we are literally melting from the high temperatures and looking for a place to cool down.
Sitting in a shady spot and pondering I remembered the holiday I had this year in February in Israel.
Have you heard of Israel and the many spectacular places we can find here?
Today I want to share with you our experience we had at the shore of the Dead Sea on the Israeli side somewhere not far from the Jordanian border.
The Dead Sea stretches along these two countries Jordan and Israel and is equally spectacular on both sides, on the Israeli side I can tell you from my experience there and on the Jordanian side just from the picture and we will probably go there some day.
The Dead Sea is actually not an actual sea because it is not connected to any other sea or ocean and is fed only from the Jordan River.
As far as we know due to low rainfall and low Jordan River flow as well as very high temperatures the Dead Sea drops a few centimetres every year.
A very important detail is that the Dead Sea is located some 400 meters below the planet's sea level, which probably influences marine life which, due to the very high salinity, does not seem to exist here.
How did we get here?
Our accommodation was somewhere in the center of Jerusalem, from the accommodation we had access to public transport (tram in particular), in the first phase we took the tram to a bus stop (our help for orientation was google maps), the first bus took us about twenty minutes (I don't remember exactly the number of the bus sir uta) then we took another bus that passed through Eig Gedi and Ein Bokek, we were interested in Ein Bokek.
The drive there was mostly spectacular, apart from a few oases where there was greenery and a few buildings specially designed for tourism, we saw nothing but desert (passing through Ein Gedi we found beautiful resorts and greenery, otherwise only desert).
We also had a less usual experience on the route there are checkpoints and at one checkpoint a person got on the bus armed to the teeth, looking around I think we were the only tourists on the bus, that person quickly made a visual check of the passengers on the bus and then got off without saying a word.
We didn't go with this bus to the end of the line but we got off somewhere in the Ein Bokek area next to the David Hotel, but not before asking the driver what buses we had to go back to Jerusalem (the distance was over an hour and a half), very nice driver gave us all the information we needed.
Amazing how this flower (I think) grows in the desert without an ounce of water.
Even though it was February outside it was quite warm, so we started exploring this place, we walked a bit along the cliff leading to the very large resorts but that's not why we came here but to experience the Dead Sea water.
The beach was very close but quite deserted, I met a few more German tourists and a few more that I couldn't figure out where they were from.
We were properly equipped (almost properly we forgot the beach shoes that are mandatory here) and we could hardly get into the water, the small salt crystals seemed to cut the soles of my feet but we did not give up until we entered the extremely salty water.
This was the hardest part of being able to float, I was like a cork on the water, twisting in all directions until I figured out how to float into the desired position, it was great fun.
We stayed here for a few hours but the weather spoiled our plans and we were caught in a torrential rain that soaked us to the skin, so we came by bus to Jerusalem (we only had a change of clothes).
In conclusion if you ever have the opportunity to visit the Dead Sea either in Israel or Jordan do not miss the chance to take a dip, it is an amazing experience.
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P.S. The attached pictures you have just seen are taken by me with my mobile phone, and the text is also designed by me.
