Swimming in the Dead Sea: check. And it was really fun. An experience that is worth to be on one’s bucket list. We were told to enter slowly into the water and sit down as soon as the water became knee-deep. We followed the instructions and suddenly floated on the water. There was no chance to dive – or maybe we just would not try because of the absurdly high amount of salt in the water.
En Gedi is a rather small nature reserve on the shores of the Dead Sea. We stayed in the local youth hostel between the Dead Sea and the nature reserve, surrounded by sulfur springs. Not everyone’s favorite scent… anyways, we had a good time there. Hiking in the mountains, observing the sunrise, birds, ibexes and hyrax, seeing springs that appear out of the rocks in the middle of the desert and turn the place into a green oasis: All in all very impressive nature spectacles. And we really enjoyed being a bit off the crowded cities for once.
By the way: Our five-finger shoes by Vibram have proven to be awesome. Their funny looks are far surpassed by their comfort and versatile use!
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