We got up just before the sun, and Ariel led me to the desert where we saw the sun rise. Amazing and invigorating. We had yet another Israeli breakfast of peppers, humus and chocolate nutella-like something. We played with a dog that was around, and went to the camels.
Let me tell you, after witnessing the beautiful act of camel sex the night before, I wasn't really ready to, well, mount one of these lovelorn beasts. I actually got a donkey at first, but that's okay. Eeyore was nice, but at the halfway point I was ready to get on that camel. It was cool, I mean I can say I rode a camel in the desert, but it wasn't amazing, and I stand by my comment that camels are some of the ugliest animals on Hashem's green earth.
After the camels we boarded the bus for Masada. There's a great history there, and it was a cool walk. After the hike, however, we were ready to go swimming in the Dead Sea. We got to the park, had lunch and changed (2 shekel for the sherutim, dammit.)
The Dead Sea was okay, another experience I can say I had, but nothing worth repeating, except maybe with someone who has never done it. We showered and hit the bus for Jerusalem!
The Israelis said goodbye once we got to Jerusalem, which was really sad. We all connected over the last few days, and it was sad to see them back in uniform and ready to go.
We got to the hotel and showered, this time it was me, Eric and the great Josh. We went to Hebrew University to hear the army talk about Gaza. It was very invigorating, as we heard about how many ways the IDF is trying to counter the bad press. They seemed very sincere, but unlike the American government, this is clearly a self-defense case, and they provided us with what we need to know to argue this case. It is really important to advocate for Israel in any way possible, especially back in the States.
We had dinner at the hotel, and hung out at the mall and the bar. Overall a very quiet night. I wrote some lyrics and fell asleep to the awful sound of Josh's snoring.
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