The Red Rock Canyon is very close to Las Vegas, no more than half an hour away from the city center. Actually, the whole attraction is a one-way road in the form of a loop 12 miles (21 km) long, along which there are vista points with picturesque views. The name "Red" justifies itself, the mountains are really red!

Death Valley is the park in the Mojave Desert and it is the hottest place on Earth. On July 10, 1913, the highest temperature on Earth was recorded in Death Valley Park - 56.7 ° C (134.06° F). Park is located on the border of California and Nevada. It is the largest national park in the United States. When one thinks of America's great national parks, the first thing that comes to mind is the Grand Canyon and possibly Yellowstone. In fact, Death Valley is almost three times bigger than the Grand Canyon! Death Valley was named in 1849, during the gold rush in California. Some settlers, in order to get to the gold mines faster, decided to shorten the way to California through the desert. One member of the group never made it to the end, and the others crossed the valley, but hungry and dehydrated. The name Death Valley really pays off. It is a lifeless, harsh and hottest spot on the planet. The maximum temperature here reaches 46 ° C in summer and can drop to zero in winter. Despite this, there is life in the desert. Here live several rare species of animals that have survived from prehistoric times - insects, fish, snails, which have adapted to this environment.

Dogs in every shape. Playful Puppy Figurines, ......

Годинна прогулянка Південним Бугом від набережної Інгулу до яхт-клубу та назад із проходженням під Інгульським та Варварівським мостами.

Dog’s vacation

The natural water system of the Palo Verde National Park has all the conditions for the concentration of a huge number of birds, not only in the country but throughout Central America. This is a real paradise for bird watchers. During a boat trip on the Tempiske River, we got acquainted with a huge number of animals: monkeys, crocodiles, iguanas, and many others. After lunch, we visited the Indian village of Guatil, were we got som eidea about the handicrafts of the Chorotegas Indian tribe, which they inherited from their ancestors.

This book appeared in my library as soon as my first car here. in Israel was bought, in the year 92. The book was called 'Scenic Sites in Israel.' From that moment on, before every next 'Shishi Shabbat' (weekend), we would chose some route, very often just by looking thru the pictures, because we had never heard of most places in the book.

Well, except very famous well known to all places, like Caesarea ( Historical town in Israel) or Dead Sea.

But one place I remember from that very moment when I opened book first time - on one of the photographs I seen the strange castle or fortress. It was looking like just part or of the mountain, like strange but natural extension of the stones. All the fortresses that I saw before had geometry. Not always correct, but understandable. This one was looking as a chaotic jumble of walls of different heights, connected at different angles. The fortress seemed to crawl away from the mountains, but at the same time making up a single whole with them. Inside the walls there were temples under the blue domes and regular houses that were not less chaotic.

The headline of the photo read: 'Monastery and fortress' for men only 'in Mar Saba.' I immediately fell into the monastery, but it was located somewhere in the Judaean desert, and, neither the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), nor the Golan Heights, nor much of the first row had been examined yet. In general, Mar Saba has been postponed. And then Oslo happened, and now to get to the monastery, you had to drive through Zone A - although the monastery itself remained in Zone C. And this is how my dream would have remained a dream forever, if not for Michael Tuval who has organized the trip 'For the lazy'.

As it turned out, the “not lazy” would walk 18 km. round-trip, well, we ('lazy') were taken there by buses. Palestinian ones, naturally. What was also interesting - we did not have time to go to the Arab village, so when the bus stopped on the way - everyone in the bus was treated with cardboard cup of aromatic and strong coffee, right through the open window.

And at the end of the tour - same, but with no less fragrant Bedouin tea. We did not get entrance inside the monastery walls, that privilege is reserved only for christian pilgrims. But even without that, the descent into the Kidron Valley, amazing views of the monastery and the Judaean mountains (or the desert?) are rewarding enough!