Sede Boqer Travel Blogs, Travelogues and Travel Journals

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

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…