Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Bethlehem

[derg]

Somewhere over Bratislava


View from the hotel.


Guess...


Corridor in Jerusalem


Dome of the Rock


Sculpture


Guard in Bethlehem


A couple more photos are over on my Flickr Page

 

[HVYMETALDRVR]

Despite these dark times in Aviation its the travel and leisure stuff like that which keep me motivated to keep going! Thx! :nana2:

 

[ASpilot2be]

Awesome photos:rawk:

 

[fly22]

Europe, I can deal with, been there done that. The Holy Land, now I'm jealous.

 

[CN94559]

good pictures there Doug!

 

[TFaudree_ERAU]

I bet Jesus didn't envision a guard walking around with an AK-47 when he popped out of Mary.

 

[flyingmaniac]

You are enjoying life too much, GO HOME!!

 

[derg]

You are enjoying life too much, GO HOME!!

I'm home, I'm home. In fact, I think I slept 13 hours too. Where did the day go...

 

[JA Yawd Bwoy]

Nice pics Doug!

 

[JEP]

I'm home, I'm home. In fact, I think I slept 13 hours too. Where did the day go...

dude, you step in a puddle:

 

[derg]

Torrential rain + limestone streets = wet wet wet

 

[JA Yawd Bwoy]

dude, you step in a puddle:

What puddle?

 

[derg]

What puddle?

Psst! A little birdy tells me that if I stepped in a puddle, perhaps the pants in the area of my ankles would appear wet...

 

[derg]

More from the Tel Aviv trip:

Ahh, nappy time. Nearly six hours! Zzzzz:


Why it took me from 0630 EST until 1930 MST to get home last night:

 

[LoadMasterC141]

Nice pics Doug thanks for sharing sir. Here is a pic I took from my balcony of the Holiday Inn back in 1996. Actually went to Tel Aviv quite a bit, including the day Yitzak Rabin(Sp?) got shot. Probably quite a bit different looking now?

 

[derg]

Nice pics Doug thanks for sharing sir. Here is a pic I took from my balcony of the Holiday Inn back in 1996. Actually went to Tel Aviv quite a bit, including the day Yitzak Rabin(Sp?) got shot. Probably quite a bit different looking now?

Pretty close:

 

[derg]

By the way, this picture:

...in Palestinian-controlled Bethlahem (or "Bayt Laḥm") is misleading.

I was with a Palestinian tour guide waiting for a taxi to go back to Israeli-controlled territory and we were both making jokes. Then I asked, "Hey, may I take your picture?" and he said, "Absolutely, but I must make a menacing face for the photo".

Go visit, it's a tragic situation but the regular people, separate and apart from the radicals on either side of the spectrum, are friendly, glad to see you and are trying to make the best out of the situation.

 

[Cptnchia]

I Then I asked, "Hey, may I take your picture?" and he said, "Absolutely, but I must make a menacing face for the photo".

I wouldn't really call that a "warface." Not particularly menacing either. Looks like he is slightly amused at something or someone. By the way, that looks like maybe a Galil, not an AK. Although the Galil was based on the AK, so I can understand the confusion.