Jerusalem! The ancient Biblical city full of incredible history. Jerusalem is most holy site for Christians, Jews and Muslims alike. I paid for a tour of the city and our first stop was at a vantage point along the Jericho…
The Gaza Strip, The Dead Sea, and Tel-Aviv.
Our ship next docked in precarious Ashdod, site of suicide bombings and a giant military cargo port, connected to the south by the rocket-battered Gaza strip. Ashdod was an important Canaanite and Philistine city and mentioned in the Bible when…
Crete.
Chania, Crete, Greece rests on the site of Kydonia, one of the most important cities of the ancient world and conquered many times over by Romans, Byzantines, Venetians and Turks. Our ship docked at dawn and I made my way…