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Mt Sodom. The pillar-shaped formation at the top is called "Lot's Wife". I think it's a kind of large to be a woman who was turned to salt, but???
How many signs like this do you see in the states? 
Look, camels! 
Lots of time on the bus today. Some of our musically inclined tour-mates came up with this Rap about our tour leader! Click here to hear (most of) the song! Nuclear technology. Between this and their soldiers keeping themselves armed while visiting stores, restaurants, and museums, Israelis won't be kicked out of this country again. 
With the extreme scarcity of water, even the Baptismals are small! 
I guess I shouldn't have jumped in their Baptismal! 
Fastest ant I'd ever seen! 
5.1 Shekels per liter of gas equals about $4.50 per gallon! 
Tel Be'er Sheva: A city in the time of Abraham. 
Bet Guvrin. A 6-9 foot wide hole would be dug through the limestone at ground level. When they reached the desired chalk layer, they would quarry it up through the top. It resulted in a bell-shaped chamber. This one is called the "Flower Cave". Nowadays, they have a descending path that leads to a side entrance, so we didn't get to climb down with a rope like they did in 300 BC! I found out later that this furniture was being set up for a Bat Mitzvah (Bar Mitzvah for a girl) and not for lazy tourists! 
The Valley of Elah where David and Goliath had their big fight! We stopped to gather some souvenir "smooth stones". Do you think I found the one that David used? Read more about this fight at 1 Samuel 17 
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