Israel

On one of my trips, I went to Israel and toured the country. When my money ran out I got a job in  Kibbutz Geva.  A Kibbutz is how the country of Israel basically became started. They are small communities where everyone works for the good of all and share the profits.  I was in one in the center of the country (Geva) and we would take trips on the weekends all over the country. 

Some of the Kibbutz on the North would get attacked at night and were actually armed camps for the protection of the people. I was there during the Intifada and was caught up in a riot in Jerusalem and had the pleasure of smelling tear gas for an extended period of time. One of the highlights of that trip was going to Bethlehem for midnight mass on Christmas Eve help at the grotto where Jesus was born. The pictures are: Me swimming in an oasis in the Negev desert; a picture of the Whaling Wall in Jerusalem and a picture of me at the Israel-Lebanon border.