January 1, 2007

Eilat. Few steps from the Red Sea Beach, there is a place called "Three Monkeys", frequented by foreigns, especially French and Swedish girls :D There was a really good New Year Party... At the midnight we could see fireworks along the Red Sea Beach... In Israel, usually they do not celebrate The New Year on the 1st of January, but because there are a lot of foreign people, Eilat is perhaps the only place in the country where there are fireworks and real parties...

Good music, good drink, good night... Terrible morning! Really hard to get rid of that bloody headache :P We suffered almost all day. And we had only lemon juice :P

December 31, 2006

Time for another jeep trip in the Desert... First, we took the road near the Jordanian border, our goal being the Timna Park.

Timna Park is well known for its Solomon's Pillars... Actually this site belongs to the Egyptian Civilization, here being found a Temple dedicated to Hathor, around 3-4000 years ago.

Our trip was interrupted by, believe it or not, a RAIN in the Desert. Our guide told us that he couldn't believe this, till that time a rain in that Desert area was a myth for him. We had to get out from the Desert a.s.p., the chances surviving from such thing are quite small, because of the floods. The marvelous thing was a double COMPLETE rainbow...

December 30, 2006

Time for a Desert trip, with the jeep :)

Dimineata, ne-am adunati mai multi, ne-am suit in doua jeep-uri, dupa ceva timp de mers in desert, am ajuns la ceea ce se cheama Red Canion. Am lasat jeep-urile si am mers pe jos cateva ceasuri, dupa ce am mers prin canion ne-am catarat pe niste pietre si ne-am intors deasupra canionului.

Back to Eilat taking the road next to the Egyptian border...

Seara am refuzat invitatia unor fete simpatice de a merge in club cu ele si am preferat sa auzim niste maraituri la IMax, un cinematograf 3D in care am vazut un film cu dinozauri; la un moment dat aveai senzatia ca draciile alea chiar vinspre tine, aproape ca voiai sa pui mana pe ele.

Noua ne-a placut, dar un coleg care nu a venit cu noi in desert si a preferat de-a lungul zilei compania unei sticle de vodca in hotel, a spus: "Bre, filmele astea 3D or fi ele meseriase, dar nu trebuie sa le vezi cand esti manga, ametesti de-a binelea, fir-ar ea de greata sa fie!"

December 29, 2006

Week-end-ul asta m-am gandit sa merg putin in deserturile din sudul Israelului, asa ca mi-am luat un week-end extins. In prima faza am ajuns la Eilat, o statiune zice-se de lux de la Marea Rosie mai bine cotata decat Malta, Mallorca etc., la granita cu Egiptul (de fapt acolo se intersecteaza 4 tari). O sa fie un week-end prelungit, sa prind si Revelionul.; e plin de americani, suedezi, nemaizicand ca la tot pasul auzi numai franceza.
In Eilat exista UnderWater Observatory, o dracie in care practic intri si vezi ce se afla in Marea Rosie, tot felul de pesti, pisici de mare si corali. Oamenii de acolo ofera chiar si scufundari, insa am renunat ca delfinii cica aveau pui si nu te lasa sa inoti cu ei, si sa vad numai coralii si alte creaturi de mare nu prea merita efortul.