Prague Journal

Thursday, April 14, 2005.

This is our last day in Eilat and, to everyone’s relief, the weather is a bit cooler. Eilat is most famous for its coral reefs, and most people go there to dive, so we were encouraged to take advantage of the diving opportunities here. The Red Sea Sports Club at the hotel has a diving school that is rated as one of the best in the world. Rick took the introductory dive, a private lesson of basic diving instruction in the open water to view the underwater Coral Reef, which lasted about an hour. Ray is an experienced diver, but now (at age 83) only goes snorkeling. I am not a good swimmer, nor do I enjoy being in the water, so I took a stroll along the beach while Rick was under water.
After lunch, we began our journey back to Haifa. This time we drove along the eastern border, through the Rift Valley to Ein Gedi and along the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth. We stopped just south of Haifa at the Octagon Steak House for an early dinner. The evening was spent looking at photos from Ray and Helen’s recent trip to the glaciers of South America, and a video of their raft trip on the Zambezi River in central Africa near Victoria Falls.

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