Incredible Africa!

Africa is fantastic! Everyone knows that anyway, right? On our first day, we went straight to a large national park where they tell me I might be able to see, "The Big Five." That is, elephant, rhino, water buffalo, lion and leopard. I didn't do that well though. We saw several giraffe, several elephants, lots of bucks, a few zebras, a family of warthogs, a herd of wildebeast and an assortment of other animals.



Oh, there was one or two other interesting characters lying about. This monitor lizard was easily 2 meters long.

Today I said Goodbye...

We have gotten used to loading the bus by now. The staff at the holiday village somehow didn't write down the time for the bellboys to bring the luggage. No problem, before they could get to the rooms to correct the error almost all of the group had brought their own.

We visited Akko, Haifa and Caesaria on the way to the airport. Several of the group were anxious because of timing for their departure so they wanted to hurry through the incredible archaeology of Caesaria. I got sort of tickled when I looked back and noticed that some were still in the theater taking pictures when I had gotten all the way to the marble pieces near the gate to the palace.

Galilee and the Borders

The shoreline of the Galilee was lovely again this morning. My true love called me just after dawn to wish me a wonderful day on our anniversary. What could I do but go out to the dock and wish she were there with me. Happy anniversary dear friend!


But the life of the Israeli tour guide is not a convenient one. I gathered the group together and off we went to the Syrian border. We looked at the UN camp on the border and one of the men told me that he had served there. I related a story of a young Canadian soldier who had visited us at our home on leave from that compound.



One of the most incredible tank battles of all time was fought in the "Valley of Tears" just north of the UN camp.