The Dead Sea more than lived up to my expectations. It is the strangest feeling to walk into the water, sit back, and just float on the top. The water is about 33% salt and minerals which is a huge amount of solid matter. You are not supposed to shave for at least a day before going in, and if you have any cuts you had not previously noticed, you'll notice them instantly. It is not recommended to dive in.
After the Dead Sea we drove into the Negev desert to a Beduin community. Beduins are nomadic Muslim people. We road camels and then had an amazing dinner. We all sat on the floor and ate with our hands in groups of six. We had couscous, a whole chicken, humus, and various types of vegetables. One of the men gave a short talk about his life there and played us a song on a strange stringed instrument. All 40 of our group members slept in a giant tent. This was still the same day that we woke up at 4 a.m. and hiked up Masada.
Pictures:
1st: Me and Ben floating
2nd: Dead Sea, Jordan on the opposite bank
3rd: Some salt crystals
4th: Beduin man playing his instrument, just in front of him is an apparatus for grinding coffee (brown thing with the wooden handle sticking out of the top), right in the front of the picture is a pot of coffee (the silver thing)
5th: The camels we road
no flies in the bedouin tent? that's all i remember from my camel time ...
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