Here's the sweatshirt I designed for our group. I thought they would object to the little bird with a gun, but what they didn't like was the yarmulke. They thought it made the bird look too religious/ too orthodox. 
The flight home. 
This plane is starting to smell. 
Camel rides in the Negev desert. "Yeah your culture and history and religion are all really beautiful, but what really excited me was the camel ride!"
We slept in a Bedouin tent one night. It was freezing cold and really uncomfortable. Here is a Bedouin man telling us how hard it is nowadays to have two wives because they will both want a Mercedes and who can afford two Mercedes?
Chloe's book jacket pose. She is the author of such books as "Your Path to Longevity Through Nature Stewardship" and "Character Building through Muscle Building". In her spare time, she enjoys grooming the JNF forests and lives in the pacific northwest with her two dogs and three cats. 
Chloe loves nature. Here she is looking out for nature.
Our new friend, Lane, loves nature too.
Ah, I really love nature!
No wait, nature is really boring.
Blasphemous kippas (yarmulkes)
The Western Wall in Jerusalem. 
People leave notes in the wall because they believe it's the closest one can get to God on earth. When they leave, they walk backwards to avoid turning their back on the holiest site in Israel. 
An oasis in the desert. 
A mud bath after swimming in the Dead Sea is supposed to be great for your skin. It was freezing there, but it was our only chance to do it. The Israelis politely declined.
This is Oleg. He was one of the armed soldiers that came with us everywhere. He is Russian born and said in a dry tone, " I want to understand your joke so that I can laugh properly."
Our other guard, Yoav, waits outside a candle shop in Tzfat. 
Chloe's book jacket pose.
Chloe is making her Aunty Nancy face. 
" I love hiking everyday! "
" Ok, I'm really sick of hiking now. "
" Ah, I love love Israel. "
"I hate everyone and everything in this country."
