On the Road Again. Is Israel our possible major destination for 2015?

Recently, when looking through some files that had been packed away for over 30 years I found a series of photos from a trip I had been able to enjoy in the Spring of 1977. I was working, at the time, as the General Manager of a major Canadian Bus Tour operator.

I was fortunate enough to have been invited by The Israeli Tourist Office to visit Israel for 10 days to determine if the Company could possibly develop a series of escorted tours to Israel during the coming years.

This find that I made was quite surprising given the fact that “She Who Must be Obeyed” and I had been talking, only a few days before, about Israel being our next major potential travel destination, sometime in late 2015. Our friend at Eon Travel, here in Iloilo, is looking at different possibilities for us and is to report back probably in late July or early August so that we can start saving for the tour.

Here there are some of the highlights I would like to revisit on that trip.

Old Jaffa.

Old Jerusalem, The Via Dolorosa, The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Mount of Olives, etc…

The Laneways of Old Jerusalem

The Wailing Wall

Praying at the Wailing Wall

One of the Gates of Old Jerusalem

Always under the watchful eyes of the IDF

with my new old friend Kamal

view from the Mount of Olives

The Garden of Getsemanee

The building in the background is where the Last Supper was held.

Where the Last Supper took place.

The 2nd Station of the Way of the Cross, Via Dolorossa

The 5th Station – Via Dolorossa

Entry to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

The Holy Sepulchre

The Holy Sepulchre

The “actual stone” on which He was laid

Capernaum, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Masada and the Dead Sea

Capharnaum with George McDonnell

The ruins of Caharnaum

Bus at Nazareth

Village of Nazareth

Entrance of the Church of the nativity in Bethlehem

The actual site of the Birth of Jesus

The Star marks the exact spot.

On the Road Again

Dead Sea view from Masada Cablecar

The cablecar arrives at the top of Masada

The IDF squad charged with protection this ‘holy site’ for Jews everywhere.

The ruins of Masada

That’s me looking over the site

The view from the top

Roman Fortifications that surrounded Masada to prevent the Zealots from escaping

The pleasure of the Dead Sea – lowest point on earth.

And finally, I’d would love to go to Jordan and see the capital city of Amman and visit the The Ancient City of Petra, a UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE.

The UNESCO World Heritage Site at Petra, Jordan

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