Thursday, January 31, 2013

Dead Sea--Sink or Swim


The next day, we traveled to two castles built by the Crusaders--Shobak castle, and Kerak castle.  We toured Kerak castle.

Shobak Castle




Kerak Castle









On our way to swim in the Dead Sea, we saw the stone pillar of the biblical Rebecca.  She was turned to a pillar of stone when she looked back at Sodom and Gomorrah.

                                     400 meters below this level is the surface of the dead sea

                                                                           Rebecca

                                                                 Over there is Israel

We stopped to swim in the Dead Sea. Actually, floating would better describe the situation. We stayed at Madaba overnight

                                                                  Whale of a time

                                                              Loving the water--Tastes awful

                                                       Kelvin just had to have a mud bath

                                               Aqaba's beach resort on the Dead Sea



Our trip is coming to a fast end.  Tomorrow, we arrive in Amman.

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