Day Eighteen

I woke up this morning feeling the need for a lil quite time in the desert away from the group of Hippies that I have been hiking with for the last two weeks. I meander over to a few friends that I have made to let them know of my decision. Tali a girl from Yehud here in Israel feels the same. So we hike the day together. The day started off flat and curved through a wadi til we hit highway 40. We cross and proceed to climb a steep and big hill called Shen Ramon. It wasn’t easy but the top offers a beautiful view of Wadi Nekarot and the Machtesh Ramon. It looks absolutely magnificent. We descend Shen Ramon down to the Wadi. We’ve been hiking for a few hours and are clearly way ahead of the group. We deside to sit under a great big acacia tree for a bite to eat. Its so beautiful and peaceful here that we eventually dose off for a couple of hours. A group of four from the group pass by, wake us up and we continue together. The hike continues to be challenging but also offering great views of the Machtesh from the East, the opposite side of Mitzpe Ramon. Once in the Machtesh the hiking is easy. We regroup with the rest of the hippies by accident when we look for a shady spot to enjoy some coffee when boom, there’s the camp. Good thing to, I was in the mood for some hot soup.