Stuck in Russia, ehm, Eilat

By Markus on Oct 4, 2014

After being told by more than one Israeli that Eilat – the most southern city of Israel – was really worth checking out, we figured we might as well go there and cross into Jordan from there. We got on the Bus from Ein Gedi, and found ourselves in the city center of Eilat 4 hours later. (Bus connections with Egged, the national bus company, by the way, almost...

Relaxing in En Gedi

By Judith Scharnowski on Oct 3, 2014

Swimming in the Dead Sea: check. And it was really fun. An experience that is worth to be on one’s bucket list. We were told to enter slowly into the water and sit down as soon as the water became knee-deep. We followed the instructions and suddenly floated on the water. There was no chance to dive – or maybe we just would not try because of the absurdly high...