Friday 19th
Started in Jericho on cable care up Mt. of Temptation and hiked up to Monestary of the Temptations. 180 steps up the cliff, mom did well. Monestary is hanging on cliff, went inside and mom finally got the old Monk to pose for photo after small donation. Besides the main sanctuary there were 2 chapels, one up, one down. The weather is clear and cool and we can see Mts. of Jordon across the landscape. Down we canme and thru a giftshop- got some camel skin sandles.
On to Nabimusa, the tomb of Moses. He died on Mt. Nebo in Jordon and got buried in the Jordon valley in Israel. The site now has a mosque and went down steep twisting stairs to the tomb. We could not go to the Monestary of St. George because of washed out road so we hiked up a mt. and looked down Wadi Kelt that was the main caravan route from Jericho to Jeruselum. Forbidden to ride any more camels by Nancy, Laurel took up donkeys and road down the mt. with Joseph and baby Amed leading the way. Our sympathies are beginning to lean towards Palestinians who are treated as second class citezens under Israeli control, only 2 days of water are given to them, you see watertanks on all their houses, roads are bumby and rough compared to Israel proper. As seen by yesterdays incident roadside checkpts are not fun for the Palestinians.
Next stop was Bethany, BetAnya, House of the Sick, where we went to church of Mary and Martha and the tomb of Lazareth, who Jesus rose form the dead. The gift shops were fun too, one more trip to the ATM may be in order. Laurel and fellow travelor Tom practiced with their new Bedowin slingshots throwing rocks, with lessons from the native boys.
On to two orphanages, 1 for boys Jeel Al Amal, and 1 for girls- Lazarith House. We had fun playing hand clapping games with the little boys and they all loved that they could beat me in arm wrestling.
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At the hotel we celebrated Tom's pretend birthday and had cake with our beer in the bar. He was oparticularly enchanted by his surprise party and additionally surprised that it was his birthday. On to the dining room where the birthday song was in Spanish.
Started in Jericho on cable care up Mt. of Temptation and hiked up to Monestary of the Temptations. 180 steps up the cliff, mom did well. Monestary is hanging on cliff, went inside and mom finally got the old Monk to pose for photo after small donation. Besides the main sanctuary there were 2 chapels, one up, one down. The weather is clear and cool and we can see Mts. of Jordon across the landscape. Down we canme and thru a giftshop- got some camel skin sandles.
On to Nabimusa, the tomb of Moses. He died on Mt. Nebo in Jordon and got buried in the Jordon valley in Israel. The site now has a mosque and went down steep twisting stairs to the tomb. We could not go to the Monestary of St. George because of washed out road so we hiked up a mt. and looked down Wadi Kelt that was the main caravan route from Jericho to Jeruselum. Forbidden to ride any more camels by Nancy, Laurel took up donkeys and road down the mt. with Joseph and baby Amed leading the way. Our sympathies are beginning to lean towards Palestinians who are treated as second class citezens under Israeli control, only 2 days of water are given to them, you see watertanks on all their houses, roads are bumby and rough compared to Israel proper. As seen by yesterdays incident roadside checkpts are not fun for the Palestinians.
Next stop was Bethany, BetAnya, House of the Sick, where we went to church of Mary and Martha and the tomb of Lazareth, who Jesus rose form the dead. The gift shops were fun too, one more trip to the ATM may be in order. Laurel and fellow travelor Tom practiced with their new Bedowin slingshots throwing rocks, with lessons from the native boys.
On to two orphanages, 1 for boys Jeel Al Amal, and 1 for girls- Lazarith House. We had fun playing hand clapping games with the little boys and they all loved that they could beat me in arm wrestling.
t
At the hotel we celebrated Tom's pretend birthday and had cake with our beer in the bar. He was oparticularly enchanted by his surprise party and additionally surprised that it was his birthday. On to the dining room where the birthday song was in Spanish.
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