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Israel and Jordan -- 2009

Our trip through Israel
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Our very quick trip to Jordan
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Some people we've seen
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A (nearly) Flat view of Israel and Jordan
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Trip in many details

Animals we've seen
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Israel

Jerusalem
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Bethlehem & Nazareth
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Galilee
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Akko & Haifa
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Around Dead Sea
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Jordan

Wadi Rum
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Petra: Big Picture but without Treasury and Monastery

Petra: Treasury and Monastery
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Little Petra
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    Itinerary
15 Jan -- fly from Washington overnight
16 Jan -- arrive Ben Gurion airport, sherut to Jerusalem
17 Jan -- Old City Jerusalem, Mount of Olives
18 Jan -- Old City Jerusalem, Yad Vashem, Bethlehem
19 Jan -- bus to Eilat, cross border to Jordan, taxi to Petra
20 Jan -- Petra all day (and a very good day it was)
21 Jan -- walk from Little Petra to Petra; taxi back to border, night in Eilat
22 Jan -- hike up Masada (2121 steps); float in Dead Sea, night in Ein Gedi
23 Jan -- Ein Gedi Spa; Roman ruins at Bet Shean; night in Tiberias
24 Jan -- Mount Tabor, Nazareth, tombs in Tiberias
25 Jan -- Jesus-style boat at Kibbutz Ginosar; Mount of Beatitudes; Akko; Haifa; Tel Aviv (the city with no parking)
26 Jan -- flight home at 5 minutes past midnight (sitting amidst 40 jabbering Israeli teenagers)