What a nice weather!

Saturday 02 August 2008 @ 09:42 — libeco

After a fine KLM flight (and a not so fine hour waiting for someone to bring us to our car, who never showed up) we arrived in Gesher Haziw in the early morning. The weather was already nice and warm. It is quite humid, but the warmth is something else than the occasional warm days in Holland.

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We visited the Golan heights

Sunday 03 August 2008 @ 14:09 — libeco

On the second day of our visit to Israel we drove through the Golan heights. We first stopped for some pictures at Keren Naftali, which overlooks the valley (a former swamp) in front of the mountains. After passing the valley we climbed (by car) to Har Bental. This is a high mountain overlooking Israel on one side and Syria on the other. There's a coffee shop (not the Dutch kind) on the mountain called Coffee Anan. Anan is the Israeli word for clouds. On some days you can drink your coffee in the clouds.

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Sunset at Rosh Haniqra

Sunday 03 August 2008 @ 22:50 — libeco

On our third day we didn't do that much. We did however visit some beaches in Rosh Haniqra to take pictures of the sunset over the Mediterranean Sea. The view was absolutely stunning. It went by so fast, I hope we'll have another possibility this week to take more pictures.

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