Day 8 - Monday, May 16
Today we began exploring the Negev. After waking up, and having breakfast we learned about David Ben-Gurion and visited his grave in the Negev, where he and his wife wished to be buried. We went on a "grueling" hike though Ein Avdah, where we learned about flash floods and listened to sounds of the Negev. The hike was a lot of fun and very tiring so we went back to Sde Boker, the place we were staying, and had lunch. Following lunch we had ice cream and choco-b'sakit, a favorite Israeli chocolate milk treat. The milk might have come from some of cows that Ryan milked. Then we traveled to Mitzpe Revivim. Mitzpe Revivim is a kibbutz in the Negev that is built over a large amount of brackish water, and one thing this kibbutz has learned to do is grow plants using this type if water. The kibbutz is also home to a simple military complex with an ammunitions room, a headquarters, nursing bay and radio room which was very important during the war of independence. After looking around the kibbutz and learning about it we went to the bedouin tents. We were welcomed with tea and coffee by two bedouins and they taught us about the bedouin culture and their way of life. Shortly after that we got to ride the camels. We then got on the camels and began riding up and down the trail. After the camel ride we went back into the settlement and ate dinner provided by the bedouins. We dined on kebob, chicken, rice with chick peas, a variety of pitot, humus, and salads. We ended our evening with a quiet activity and fire made by David, Ryan and Ori. As we settled onto our sleeping mats we drifted off to sleep, awaiting the 4 am wake up call.
l'hitraot,
Stephanie and David
PS: Sorry for the delay, the sleep in bedouin tent package didn’t come with internet.
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