Day 9 - Wednesday, May 16th
After an entertaining,
but sleepless night spent in a Bedouin village, we woke up to travel to a more
modern Bedouin village. Although there are some Bedouins that still live in the
traditional manner, most have modernized and moved into permanent towns. We met
a woman who told us about the women’s rights movement among the Bedouin women
and the many ways in which they are now improving their own situations through
education and work. After we left, we went to easily one of the coolest places
we’ve been so far. We went to an archaeological dig site where the Edomites
lived 2000 years ago. When we went down into the caverns, we dug and found
pieces of clay and glass that hadn’t been seen in two millennia. These pieces
were from the time of the Maccabees and we got to bring some home! Hope your
kid got you one! The last place we stopped on the dig site was an unexcavated
cave that we had to squeeze all the way through. We crawled, we crab walked, we
shimmied and I’m pretty sure we lowered ourselves down through an ancient
outhouse (it smelled fine though). The whole place was lit by candles and would
have made for some great pictures, if only Sam could have brought his awesome
camera in. You’ll just have to take our word for it. We ended our night in
Ashkelon at the hotel, where the Israelis threw us an Israeli birthday party as
a going away present. We’ve had a great time here, but we can’t wait to see you
all again!
-From Casey and the rest
of Bus 990!
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