Israel

Distance: 420.0 km – Elevation +8030 m -7970 m Weather: Larnaca: rain. Temperature: High 24 degrees, Tel Aviv: Sunny. Temperature: High 27 degrees There were thunderstorms during the night and the thunder and lightning woke me from a rather fitful sleep before the alarm I had set for 5.30 am. In those early moments of awakening, my thoughts reminded me that today I would reach Israel, the last of the eleven countries that I needed to

Distance: 7.43 km – Elevation +70 m -100 m Weather: Sunny. Temperature: High 28 degrees It was another beautiful warm morning with clear blue skies as I sat on the roof terrace for breakfast. I had decided overnight to stay one more day in Tel Aviv. I would have liked to have stayed in south Tel Aviv to further explore Jaffa but Meir’s Boutique Guesthouse was fully booked, so I decided to head north and booked

Distance: 26.5 km – Elevation +200 m -150 m Weather: Showers at start then Sunny. Temperature: High 25 degrees It was 8.00 am when I walked out of the guest house to be greeted by an unexpectedly overcast morning. Breakfast was not available at my accommodation and I was feeling decidedly hungry as I walked along HaYarkon Street with its line of palm trees in the central reservation. It was a Saturday morning, the Jewish Sabbath—Shabbat

Distance: 26.0 km – Elevation +360 m -250 m Weather: Sunny. Temperature: High 27 degrees It was Sunday morning, the holiest day of the week for Christians, the “Lord’s Day” and generally a day of rest, but for both Jews and Muslims it was the first day of the working week. Elena was waiting for me as I left the bedroom, she had prepared a good breakfast for me and after, as I was leaving, she

Distance: 24.6 km – Elevation +660 m -230 m Weather: Sunny. Temperature: High 26 degrees The kibbutz at Nahshon was founded in 1950 by immigrants who were members of the Socialist Zionist youth movement, Hashomer Hatzair. I slept well and rose early knowing that Shaikoo had to leave for his work in Tel Aviv. So after breakfast I thanked Shaikoo for his hospitality and started walking just before 7.00 am. I had planned a route which

Distance: 20.2 km – Elevation +490 m -380 m Weather: Sunny. Temperature: High 25 degrees Situated in the Judean Hills at an elevation of 700 metres, the Neve Ilan Kibbutz Outpost was founded in October 1946 on land purchased from a local Arab by the Jewish Natonal Fund. The primary aim was to create an outpost to protect the main and only route into Jerusalem that ran through the Ayalon Valley below, Surrounded by numerous Arab

Weather: Sunny. Temperature: High 26 degrees More photos

Weather: Sunny. Temperature: High 28 degrees More photos

Weather: Sunny. Temperature: High 25 degrees More photos

Weather: Sunny. Temperature: High 26 degrees More photos