Our room at the Ein Gedi Youth Hostel.While the hotels of Ein Bobek are the fance, expensive ones, they are actually not the best place to stay.  They’re at the southern end of the Dead Sea where falling water levels have meant the sea has dried up and is not as picturesque as th

Passing -300 M, or 1000 feet below sea level. Today we woke up and rented a car to drive to the Dead Sea. The driving couldn’t have been easier – the roads are great and everything’s signed clearly in English (Hebrew and Arabic).…