Mehoz HaDarom Vacations, Mehoz HaDarom Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

In winter 2005/6 I was living outside in the Israeli desert, doing the logistics for hiking groups etc and when I come back to Israel at April 2007 I did a bit of the same but manly work as a guide taking people out for jeep trips...did got to spend a lot of time outside, but as it used to be my work, I end up not taking my camera with me for most of the times...sorry

     I didn't know about this site when I actually went to Israel so I am back tracking and giving some of the highlights of my trip...in retrospect.      I, along with my youth group from my synagogue, stayed in Ashqelon for the first part of the trip in our rabbi's house. It was a beautiful house with a nice deck...and barely any hot water :). It's not that it DIDN'T have hot water, it's just that the heater was on a timer so you had to set it for wh...

On the first day it was around 35 degrees celsius, so we waited till noon to do our shopping of food and drinks for the weekend (taking around 6 litres of water per person). We drove all the way from Tel-Aviv to Sede Boqer, something like 2.5 hours, through the city of Beer-Sheva and other small farmer towns. Our first stop was the graves of the first Israel Prime Minister - David Ben Gurion. He was a big fan of the desert and he dwelled there after he stopped being a prime minister in Isra...

Boot Camp Zikim is a few short miles from Gaza strip, so we used to wake up to the sound of helicopters and bombing. I was lucky to have a friend in the commander faculty, so it wasn’t as scary to leave home for 3 weeks. The next day they gave us M16 to carry around wherever we go; sleep, eat, shower and what not. It was an adjustment we had to make, walking around with a spear leg J During those 3 and a half weeks we did shooting ranges, gas mask orientation, first aid classes and a lo...