Day 9 - Sporadic Tranquility

After a morning of waiting 3 hours for the landlady to come around, Robbie (our first guest) had the idea to go for the afternoon to the dead sea! Which we could do, just because we felt like it! We got our gear, jumped in the car and drove off.

Was fun to bypass Ma'aleh Adumim to see some of the cousins and pick up a box of stuff - I finally have towels!

The route to the dead sea is very beautiful - the mountain ranges and desert sand provide for some awesome landscapes and contrasts between hard, soft and vibrant nature. (Being able to pray the afternoon service at a random carpark was again one of those moments of realisation for me - that I am home in the Jewish homeland, when things like this aren't viewed as weird!) Although driving back at sunset allowed for some incredible images, my favourite is still the one below.

Day 9 - Sunday 23 May 2010

The undulating pattern of the sun shades, contrasted with the calm dead sea ahead and in the far back, the vast mountain ranges of Jordan, to me showed the true tranquility of this place.

Being run dry from draining all the minerals, the lowest part on earth is sadly said to be losing about 1m of water a year - which means that without dire measures taken into account, sadly this peaceful place where you can float away into your dreams may be lost.