Ron's trip
We just got Ron's first email from his trip across Israel.
Ron started walking the Israel National Trail, 'Shvil Israel', which starts at the north of Israel and ends at the very south.
Ron (and his friend Lior) started walking from Neve Ativ in the north, through Govta river, Kibbuz Dan, and now they got to the See of Galilee. They will both spend Passover night with families up north.
The images show how pretty the country is, and ron recommends everyone to follow his footsteps!
Ron started walking the Israel National Trail, 'Shvil Israel', which starts at the north of Israel and ends at the very south.
Ron (and his friend Lior) started walking from Neve Ativ in the north, through Govta river, Kibbuz Dan, and now they got to the See of Galilee. They will both spend Passover night with families up north.
The images show how pretty the country is, and ron recommends everyone to follow his footsteps!
--- Ron's original hebrew message ---
אני בשביל ישראל, מטייל ונהנה. התחלנו טיפה מעבר... מנווה אטיב, דרך נחל גובתה, ואל קיבוץ דן. שם ישנו בלילה (במטעים בחוץ כמובן). טוב, השביל כמו השביל, מדהים ביופיו. כעבור שבוע בערך הגענו לכינרת, למגדל.
היום זהו סדר פסח, אז כמובן שמצאנו לנו עםן מי לחגוג - כל אחד במשפחתו שחגגה באיזור.
הנה כמה תמונות, כדי שתאמינו לי, ושתבינו כמה הארץ יפה, ומה אתם מפספסים. לכל המתלבטים, לצאת לשביל, כמובן!!!
posted by keren @ 11:46 AM
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7 Comments:
Ron,
It sounds like a really exciting adventure! A trip like this will generate lots of stories. Can't wait to see the pictures and hear the stories in person.
I think that the thing on the hill is Nimrod's Fortress...someone correct me if I'm wrong (Ron will when he gets back). Cool name, "Nimrod". I can't count how many times I was called a "nimrod" growing up...
Wow. I kind of forgot how much water there is in the North of Israel. Almost looks like Canada. Sorry Dad, but I don't think there are too many boat launches on that pond.
Keren and I climbed down a ravine, through a bunch of thorns to a stream that looked like these. Ron told us it was there, so we've been calling it Ron's river. But with all the thorns and rocks we had to climb through, I'm thinking the name should be changed to Ron's "Freaking" River.
Ron is proceeding according to plan with his trip. The pictures he sent were from the first few days. He had one day break for the Passover. he had the access to the NET and sent a few pictures to us all. The weather is perfect and even if it is likely to rain tonight it will not spoil their sleep as they are well equipped.
We think of joining them when they get closer to the center of the country. we want to suprise them with a good meal at the end of the day.
We get a SMS call every evening to inform us that the are ok and give us the plan of the coming day. We have the same Trip Guide book so it is enough for them just to mention the Trip No. and we can follow the rest. It is far easier than Keren's and Omer's trips to south America.
We hope that Ron will have an access to the Net again soon.
If he's traveling from North to South, it seems like the more challenging part of the hike will be at the end, when they get near the desert. I don't really know what the desert will be like this time of year. Maybe not as hot as usual? Either way I think would get a sunburn and then melt.
Do you know about where he is in Israel right now? I could post a map up here so we track his progress across the country. It would be fun and quite easy to do.
hello everyone
we just want to say that we are both very jealous that Ron can have such a long vacation from life. We would settle for a weekend.
well, finally i'm here to post my story - the trail of israel, or shvil israel, as it is called here.
before i forget, the fortress is called namrood, and not nimrod, but it is originaly from arabic, and it could be translated to nimrod...
to trip was amazing! we've finished walking a week ago, and i still havn't yet sorted out my mind - so much time to think, that i think i need another month and a half to think over my thouts. in this everlasting way, i'll allways be on a vacation, thinking...
it took us 45 days to walk 1000k. we had about 7 days of rest, included in the 45 days period.
there are people who are afraid of the desert, like you said, so they go on a pre-trip, to place water and food along the way, so they will not have problems. we've checked the maps, and saw that according to our walking speed, we will not have more then 2 days of walking without water suply. all of the time, except from one time, we've filled up our water tanks from hoses along the way (in structures, settelments, beduween camps...). one time we filled up our water tanks from one of the springs in the desert, which is known to have good drinking water.
the desert itself is hot. very hot. about 38 degrees at noon. so we woke up at 4:30 in the morning, began our hike at first light, until 11-12. then we would find a cave, or a big hoal in the walls of a river, and try to get some shut eye, and eat out lunch - bread with tuna and tomato souse, or with tchina. at 3-4 afternoon we kept on walking until 7:30-8:00. then all there is to do is a canpfire, cook rice and go to sleep.
about food.... we've managed....
kidding. we ate verry good, along the intire trail. there is a part at the end where there is no place to buy food at for about 5-6 days, but we were in a kibbutz called neot smadar, and they supplied us for the remaining 3 days. that meens 1k of rice, some tchina, bread, pita and tuna. that is what we mostly ate along the way. at the kibbutz itself we were at a wedding which held the day we were there, and they FORCED us to come. very nice people.
other nice people we met, who are called "trail angles". they are people who live along the root of the trail, and they offer travelers a warm bed, and ever warmer shower. most of them are living in kibbutzs, so they can share an extra building for us, travelers.
we've also met groups of germans who live next to be'er sheva and volenteer here in israel. they also did the trail, but only the start - 4 days.
the the end of the trail mom and safta went for a vecation in eilat. i've joind them for a 4 day vecation, full board in a hotel. that was a great way to finish this kind of a trip - relaxation.
along the trail i've lost 8 kilograms. i bet i gain them back in the hotel, 4 days after. plenty of food (all you can eat), plenty of coctails (all you can drink)... i had great time.
i've wrote alot, and i bet you have some questions... and it's abit late for me... the problem with travelling in my own country is that there is no time differance, so i can't say that i'm tired due to the jetleg...
well, finally i'm here to post my story - the trail of israel, or shvil israel, as it is called here.
before i forget, the fortress is called namrood, and not nimrod, but it is originaly from arabic, and it could be translated to nimrod...
to trip was amazing! we've finished walking a week ago, and i still havn't yet sorted out my mind - so much time to think, that i think i need another month and a half to think over my thouts. in this everlasting way, i'll allways be on a vacation, thinking...
it took us 45 days to walk 1000k. we had about 7 days of rest, included in the 45 days period.
there are people who are afraid of the desert, like you said, so they go on a pre-trip, to place water and food along the way, so they will not have problems. we've checked the maps, and saw that according to our walking speed, we will not have more then 2 days of walking without water suply. all of the time, except from one time, we've filled up our water tanks from hoses along the way (in structures, settelments, beduween camps...). one time we filled up our water tanks from one of the springs in the desert, which is known to have good drinking water.
the desert itself is hot. very hot. about 38 degrees at noon. so we woke up at 4:30 in the morning, began our hike at first light, until 11-12. then we would find a cave, or a big hoal in the walls of a river, and try to get some shut eye, and eat out lunch - bread with tuna and tomato souse, or with tchina. at 3-4 afternoon we kept on walking until 7:30-8:00. then all there is to do is a canpfire, cook rice and go to sleep.
about food.... we've managed....
kidding. we ate verry good, along the intire trail. there is a part at the end where there is no place to buy food at for about 5-6 days, but we were in a kibbutz called neot smadar, and they supplied us for the remaining 3 days. that meens 1k of rice, some tchina, bread, pita and tuna. that is what we mostly ate along the way. at the kibbutz itself we were at a wedding which held the day we were there, and they FORCED us to come. very nice people.
other nice people we met, who are called "trail angles". they are people who live along the root of the trail, and they offer travelers a warm bed, and ever warmer shower. most of them are living in kibbutzs, so they can share an extra building for us, travelers.
we've also met groups of germans who live next to be'er sheva and volenteer here in israel. they also did the trail, but only the start - 4 days.
the the end of the trail mom and safta went for a vecation in eilat. i've joind them for a 4 day vecation, full board in a hotel. that was a great way to finish this kind of a trip - relaxation.
along the trail i've lost 8 kilograms. i bet i gain them back in the hotel, 4 days after. plenty of food (all you can eat), plenty of coctails (all you can drink)... i had great time.
i've wrote alot, and i bet you have some questions... and it's abit late for me... the problem with travelling in my own country is that there is no time differance, so i can't say that i'm tired due to the jetleg...
well, finally i'm here to post my story - the trail of israel, or shvil israel, as it is called here.
before i forget, the fortress is called namrood, and not nimrod, but it is originaly from arabic, and it could be translated to nimrod...
to trip was amazing! we've finished walking a week ago, and i still havn't yet sorted out my mind - so much time to think, that i think i need another month and a half to think over my thouts. in this everlasting way, i'll allways be on a vacation, thinking...
it took us 45 days to walk 1000k. we had about 7 days of rest, included in the 45 days period.
there are people who are afraid of the desert, like you said, so they go on a pre-trip, to place water and food along the way, so they will not have problems. we've checked the maps, and saw that according to our walking speed, we will not have more then 2 days of walking without water suply. all of the time, except from one time, we've filled up our water tanks from hoses along the way (in structures, settelments, beduween camps...). one time we filled up our water tanks from one of the springs in the desert, which is known to have good drinking water.
the desert itself is hot. very hot. about 38 degrees at noon. so we woke up at 4:30 in the morning, began our hike at first light, until 11-12. then we would find a cave, or a big hoal in the walls of a river, and try to get some shut eye, and eat out lunch - bread with tuna and tomato souse, or with tchina. at 3-4 afternoon we kept on walking until 7:30-8:00. then all there is to do is a canpfire, cook rice and go to sleep.
about food.... we've managed....
kidding. we ate verry good, along the intire trail. there is a part at the end where there is no place to buy food at for about 5-6 days, but we were in a kibbutz called neot smadar, and they supplied us for the remaining 3 days. that meens 1k of rice, some tchina, bread, pita and tuna. that is what we mostly ate along the way. at the kibbutz itself we were at a wedding which held the day we were there, and they FORCED us to come. very nice people.
other nice people we met, who are called "trail angles". they are people who live along the root of the trail, and they offer travelers a warm bed, and ever warmer shower. most of them are living in kibbutzs, so they can share an extra building for us, travelers.
we've also met groups of germans who live next to be'er sheva and volenteer here in israel. they also did the trail, but only the start - 4 days.
the the end of the trail mom and safta went for a vecation in eilat. i've joind them for a 4 day vecation, full board in a hotel. that was a great way to finish this kind of a trip - relaxation.
along the trail i've lost 8 kilograms. i bet i gain them back in the hotel, 4 days after. plenty of food (all you can eat), plenty of coctails (all you can drink)... i had great time.
i've wrote alot, and i bet you have some questions... and it's abit late for me... the problem with travelling in my own country is that there is no time differance, so i can't say that i'm tired due to the jetleg...
here is a link to the photos of the trip. Njoy
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sgy_travel/album?.dir=/559ascd&.src=ph&.tok=phHwz7EBT2AetnHS
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sgy_t
ravel/album?.dir=/559ascd&.src=ph&.
tok=phHwz7EBT2AetnHS
this is the photos we took...
i bet you will manage with the cut and paste techniqe.
it's so good to be back.
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