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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On the fourth day of our visit to the 'Holy Land' we drove for some time through the area around Rosh Haniqra. We started at a very important bridge near Kibbutz Gesher Haziw. The Israeli word for bridge is 'gesher'. Before Israel was declared in 1948 it was under British government. The Israeli resistance were trying to fight the British to find a place of their own. One day the resistance decided to cut off Israel from the outside world by blowing up over ten important bridges. This railroad bridge (with the track from Beirut all the way to Egypt)was one of them. Because the action was seen by alert guardsmen the resistance came under fire. The explosives they carried with them were hit and exploded, destroying the bridge. Fourteen people from the resistance were killed. They were all young men in the spirit of their youth. That's how the word 'ziw' is best translated.
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We started this traveling day by visiting the old city of Akko. The city is still surrounded by old walls and a lot of old buildings are still standing. It is a very nice place to visit, but it's hard to take a picture of all the historical city elements because it's now full with electricity cables, airconditioners, tv-antennas, commercials and much more. We finished the day by visiting the caves of Rosh Haniqra during sunset. Although the caves are very nice they are too dark to take good pictures without a flash. From the outside though, it's a magnificent place to take pictures. We spent a couple of hours doing so, even when it was fully dark I tried long exposures of the wild sea.
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