Life is sweet.: Exploring and floating!

Today we headed to Masada, which is just barely south of the Dead Sea.

The 1.5 hour bus ride kind of kicked my butt. Turns out, when Im not sitting at the front of the bus, where I can see the road, I get car-sick! So instead of me looking out the window at the beautiful scenery, I was holding, white-knuckled onto the seat in front of me, using every ounce of strength to fight impulse to...well...you know what I mean.

But no worries, once I got off the bus, I felt 100% better!

Masada is amazing! The history is rich and its a must-see if you are ever in Israel! It was a fortress of King Herod, then occupied by rebel Jews, then breached by Romans....you get the idea! Its amazing to walk around up there (and HOT, did I mention yet that it was so hot!)

Here is a metal model of Masada, the raised part in the middle is where we were on top of, we took a cable car up.

The zig-zag line is the "Snakes Trail" that you can hike up. It was closed today, since it was "abysmally" hot.

Peeking out from one of the "windows."

The view from the top. You can see the Dead Sea, a far way down!

Trying not to melt!

We walked on a path on the side, it must have been sketchy back in the day!

The northern palace remains.

The western palace remains.

And onto, the Dead Sea! It was such an amazing experience! We took the bus (yes, I was car-sick again!) and jumped right in! It was so much fun, floating there! Its impossible to drown, but because of the salt, it completely throws you off balance! It was not refreshing at all, in fact, some parts were downright hot! A very strange but great experience!