The last 2 days of the exotic tour were spent making our way back to Singapore. We drove to Allenby’s bridge (King Hussein on the Jordan side) and dropped the car off before heading through the immigrations. Crossing back to…
Israel 2012 Day 14 – Bethlehem in Palestinian Authority, Masada Fortress
Earlier we had made a reservation from the hotel for a tour (Under Bein Harim) in Bethlehem, having not able to figure out how to go by ourselves (and avoiding the hassle of doing so). A bus with a couple…
Israel 2012 Day 13 – Yad Vashem museum, Mount of Olives, Shrine of the Book, Malcha Mall
Our 2nd day in Jerusalem started with a visit to the Yad Vashem museum, which was a museum focused on the topics of WWII and the atrocities of the Holocaust. There were audio guides available that gave information as we…
Israel 2012 Day 12 – Jerusalem
Started the morning with breakfast at the restaurant next to the hotel, Yotvata at the promenade. Bought the vouchers from the hotel reception at a discount. After retrieving our vehicle from the carpark, it’s a one and a half hour…
Israel 2012 Day 11- City of Acre, Bahai Gardens, Druze village, Caesarea and Jaffa
A short stay at beautiful old town of Nazareth and we were going westwards. After having our breakfast at the hostel, we drove first to the Crusaders fort at Acre (pronounced Akko) some 40km away. Once we arrived, managed to…
Israel 2012 Day 10 – Golan heights, Nazareth and Megiddo
There was quite a lot of ground to cover as we first moved northwards towards the Golan heights to visit Nimrod fortress before going the to Banias National Park for some nature walks and to see the waterfall. Checked out…
Jordan and Israel 2012 Day 9 – Crossing at King Hussein Bridge and Tiberias
It was the end of the Jordan leg of the trip and onto a new country that would be equally exciting. This country being a birth center of 3 major religions and its modern day political controversies definitely had us…
Escape plan to Doha, Jordan and Israel April 2012
A brief summary on the itinerary Escape Plan to Doha, Jordan and Israel 2012: Total duration 16D17NSingapore is 5hrs ahead of Doha,Jordan and Israel.Flight time is 7,5hrs direct flight on Qatar Airways from Singapore to Doha.Night flight on 20th April and arrival…