I've been having some trouble posting pictures today so I will just put up the two that worked and will post more a different day. Anyway, we headed up to the Jordan River on Thursday. It is the 'traditional' site where John the Baptist would do his thing. It is actually in a military zone (inbetween mine fields) and is only open twice a year so there were a lot of people there.

We also visited a monastry in Jericho ("quarantin"). Here we are after a bit of a hike up the mountain. We are just on the outer ledge of the monastry overlooking Jericho. More coming...