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The official route
This morning we departed for the Central Golan Heights and began the hike with the hexagonal pools, one of the finest examples of this kind of geological phenomena in the world.
After a steep descent to the pools we crossed over to Nachal Zavitan, with its abundant foliage.
We walked along the riverbed to the natural spring of Ein Netef and climbed up to the car park of the Yehudiya.
The unofficial route
First we walked all the way down, then we walked all the way up, then we walked all the way down, then we walked all the way up, then we walked straight for a while (and it wasn’t so much cooler than yesterday like it was supposed to be). Where in Israel exactly did they find rocks that were taller than all of us and how does this country produce thorns that are sharper than the barbed wire behind them? After walking the stairway to heaven and receiving scintillating pearls of wisdom from Rozi, our eternal optimist Yishai miraculously managed to convince us that we only had 2 kilometers left for the last 3 hours of the hike.
From there we traveled to our new hotel, Kfar Giladi, in the pan handle/etzbah of the Golan.
We were honored at dinner by 2 very important guests, Yehuda and Rikki Kohn. Yehuda gave us a very moving, 15 minute description of the incredible work taking place at Bet Elazraki.
Comments from the peanut gallery
Penny: Thank goodness for the very strong Turkish coffee that our medic Aner made. It was my rocket fuel for the rest of the day and it was seriously needed. Emunah is an organization that does seriously good work and also runs serious hikes. This is no walk in the park!
Rhonda: After meeting some of our bovine friends along the route, we are all the more convinced of the power of Emooooonah!
Arik HaNahag: Do you think we can arrange to be at a hotel that has the rooms from Ein Gev and the food from Kfar Giladi?
This morning we departed for the Central Golan Heights and began the hike with the hexagonal pools, one of the finest examples of this kind of geological phenomena in the world.
After a steep descent to the pools we crossed over to Nachal Zavitan, with its abundant foliage.
We walked along the riverbed to the natural spring of Ein Netef and climbed up to the car park of the Yehudiya.
The unofficial route
First we walked all the way down, then we walked all the way up, then we walked all the way down, then we walked all the way up, then we walked straight for a while (and it wasn’t so much cooler than yesterday like it was supposed to be). Where in Israel exactly did they find rocks that were taller than all of us and how does this country produce thorns that are sharper than the barbed wire behind them? After walking the stairway to heaven and receiving scintillating pearls of wisdom from Rozi, our eternal optimist Yishai miraculously managed to convince us that we only had 2 kilometers left for the last 3 hours of the hike.
From there we traveled to our new hotel, Kfar Giladi, in the pan handle/etzbah of the Golan.
We were honored at dinner by 2 very important guests, Yehuda and Rikki Kohn. Yehuda gave us a very moving, 15 minute description of the incredible work taking place at Bet Elazraki.
Comments from the peanut gallery
Penny: Thank goodness for the very strong Turkish coffee that our medic Aner made. It was my rocket fuel for the rest of the day and it was seriously needed. Emunah is an organization that does seriously good work and also runs serious hikes. This is no walk in the park!
Rhonda: After meeting some of our bovine friends along the route, we are all the more convinced of the power of Emooooonah!
Arik HaNahag: Do you think we can arrange to be at a hotel that has the rooms from Ein Gev and the food from Kfar Giladi?
Award of the day
Chivalry award – Zach
Best Masseuse – Olga the Giant
Chivalry award – Zach
Best Masseuse – Olga the Giant
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