| Avi and I just got back from a trip down to Mitspe Ramon, a little town in the Negev desert. The town sits on the edge of an enormous crater which is called Makhtesh Ramon. The views from the town are very impressive, but neither of us had ever been down inside the crater, so this time we arranged a guide, who took us all around the place in a four-wheel-drive vehicle. He was very knowledgeable, and gave fascinating explanations of the geology and the flora and fauna. His name is Effie Perry, and we highly recommend him. Adina Teibloom and her family live in the town, and we spent a delightful evening visiting with them. And, of course, we checked out the coffee shops, and made a couple of nice discoveries. The difference in climate between one part of this small country and another is quite extreme. Jerusalem gets twenty inches of rain in a year, and in the rainy winter it seems lush, but Mitspe Ramon gets just two and a half inches of rain in a year, and is very dry indeed. It took us three hours to get there from Jerusalem on the bus, so by Israeli standards, Mitspe is quite remote, but it is definitely worth the trip. |
| Created on 19 March 2024, updated on 19 March 2024 by Samuel Ethan Fox |