Dead Sea [Israel]

Hello friends! How is your mood? I am happy, because in my city there is a beautiful sunny weather :)

And I will continue the story about my trip to Israel. In this post I will tell about my trip to the Dead Sea. When we discussed the sights of Israel with my cousin, she said that as a photographer will not be interested the Dead Sea .
-Why?
-Because there's nothing to photograph, - she said.

Well, let's check!

Cousin gave me a ticket to the hotel LOD, which is located on the Dead Sea. At 9 am I got on the eco-bus and went to the south of the country.

Our trip from Kiryat Gat to the hotel took two hours. The first hour of driving the road was very picturesque. Green fields, still full of spring bright colors. In the summer it will be already sun-scorched grass.

Here, the country reminded me of the countryside in Russia. It is amazing! I already wrote that there was a desert here, which was turned into green fields.

The more south we moved, the more the terrain began to resemble a desert.

In the photo, the Bedouins graze camels.

The Dead Sea is the lowest point on Earth. We descended down the serpentine roads. The bus constantly turned along the roads. I started to see the Dead Sea bus at the window.

Do you see it?

Finally, we arrived at the hotel. Rest in the hotel was designed for 4.5 hours. All the tourists immediately ran to change clothes and swim in the Dead Sea. But I decided to first look around and eat lunch.

I did very right, because I walked quietly along the beach, photographed flowers near the hotel. Then I went to the store, where I bought cosmetics with Dead Sea salts. The walk took me an hour.

Flowering bush near the hotel

Finally I went to the beach and saw the Dead Sea near. The sea is huge and seems to be still. In it no one lives because of its salt water. Salt is a third in the sea.

Certainly, I went to the beach and saw the Dead Sea near. The water is very strange. It's strong and pushes you out. Also this leaves an oily film on the skin. It's very very salty !!! I could not resist and tried the drop on my tongue. I felt that my tip of the tongue was burning! Also salty water corrodes small scratches on the body.

Salt is found on the sand on the beach. On the beach there are souls to wash off the salt water.

On the hotel, there was a fresh water swimming pool, a warm water pool from the Dead Sea, and a jacuzzi with warm water. The weather was not very warm. When I froze on the beach, I went to the heated pools.

People who swam in the sea were few. Everything, like me, went to bask in the warm pools.

One of the myths I've heard about the Dead Sea is that it's easy to learn how to swim. It is not true. Water really keeps you on the surface. But it's forbidden to swim there! In the sea it is very easy to drown if the water turns and turns you over. And if it gets inside the body, then a chemical burn will occur.

Salt islets are located in the water

The salt constantly evaporates, so there is such a haze over the sea

The weather was not very warm, then I managed to take photos without people in the frame. It looks very deserted, is not it true?

Near the Dead Sea there are many factories producing cosmetics with Dead Sea salt. A lot of brands, from cheap to expensive. My cousin gives me sets with such cosmetics every year. On my trip, I also bought myself a lot of different cosmetics :)

On the other side of the Dead Sea there is the territory of Jordan. I hope I'll visit that country.

After relaxing at sea, I took the bus and we returned home. My journey to the Dead Sea came to an end. Do you like my photos and story?

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