Israel 2008
Traveled Several Times to the Dead Sea
Photographs by Richard Mayne
May 17-19, 2008
 
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Road from Jerusalem
to the Dead Sea
Dead Sea MAP
hBedouin Camp
from tents to Pallets and sheet metal steel
 
 
 
 
Road side Camel
First View of the Dead Sea
hCliffs near Qumran Where Dead Sea
Scrolls were found
Lurla and Friend
 
 
 
 
Ride $3.00
Pose
hCamel Ride
Short ride compared to Mt. Sinai
 
 
 
 
 
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Go Camel !
Dead Sea below Qunran
hRestored Buildings at Qunran
 
 
 
 
 
Ruins at Qumran
Qumran Dinning Hall
hQumran Caves
Like where Dead Sea Scrolls were found
Ein Gedi
Where David clipped Saul's cloak
 
 
 
 
Wild Ibex Near Ein Gedi
Date Palm Grove
hIn Jericho
The Sycamore Tree
Zacchacus Story board
 
 
 
 
 
 
Load of sheep and Goats
only Sheep we saw!!
Ruins of old Jericho
hJericho
Jericho
 
 
 
 
Jericho Market
Road leaving Jericho
hBedouin Goat Herd
Bedouin Camp
 
 
 
 
 
Bedouin Camp
Dead Sea Shore
hDate Grove
Sink Holes along Dead Sea
 
 
 
 
 
Retreating Shore line
More Sink Holes
hMore Date Farms
Dead Sea Resort
We swam in dead Sea
 
 
 
 
 
Dead Sea Resort
Floating High
hLook No Hands
Tilt
 
 
 
 
 
 
Looking for salt Crusted Rocks
Doing Mud Bath
hGoats in Dinning Area
Valley of the Shadow of Death
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Valley of the Shadow of Death
Old Jericho Road
hValley of the Shadow of Death
Resting Camel
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gigi on Camel
Hi-Ho Pat !
hGo that way, Camel !
Come to my tent!
 
 
 
 
 
Little Beggar
Returning to Jerusalem
hModern Housing
using required white stone
Dead Sea Seaside Park
 
 
 
 
 
So. Dead Sea Resort hotel
Dead Sea Resort Hotel
hSalt harvesting area
Dead Sea 1200 Ft below Sea Level
 
 
 
 
Salt Islands
hNear Sodom
"Lot's Wife"
Road side stop
 
 
 
 
Magnesium Recovery Plant
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Mc Donalds from No Where
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Desert Kibbutz
Great Ice Cream
 
 
 
 
Blooming desert tree
hProbably Acacia Tree
Desert Kibbutz
 
 
 
 
Gulf of Aqaba
Jordan & Saudi Arabia , other side
Gulf of Aqaba
hSeaport at Eilat
 
 
 
 
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