Celebrating the new Millenium in Israel (PAGE 3)
 
   

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While the others where quite tired and wanted no other than to take a nap, I took a walk and found this sign. And yes, this was the road to Bethlehem.

In the late afternoon of this day we started to drive towards Eilat, where we arrived late at night.
   

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The Aquarium at Coral Beach. We were all fascinated of the Trunk fish. A little cube formed fish that looked really funny.
A sea turtle saying hello. He/she swam in one of the tanks at the aquarium.
First night in Eilat we went to the Red Lobster Restaurant. Nice place and nice food.
   

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While the others were taking a nap in the sun chairs...
...I went swimming. The water was not that cold I thought, though it were not to many in the water.

This is The Hilton in Eilat. It opened the same day that we visited it, and wasn´t all finished. It was really amazing.
When the planes went down for landing it felt as if they were going to land in the middle of the city. The runway started right in the city. Quite unusually we thought.
On the terrace of our hotel. A nice spot from where You could see allover Eilat.
   

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The way back. As You can see it is mostly asphalt and desert. And straight roads.

The Dead Sea from the car. The water was kind of green coloured, and there were piles of salt in the water and at the beaches.
Swimming in the Dead Sea. We were actually floating around. You were not supposed to dive in the water which I of course did not recognize until afterwards....got quite a heartburn.