I’ll wave at Jordan and Egypt for you
Tomorrow morning I’m flying to Eilat which is a city at the southern-most tip of Israel. And when they say southern-most tip, they really mean it:
They call Eilat (pronounced ‘aye-lot’) the “Las Vegas of Israel”. Except it doesn’t have any casinos. Or drag queens. And it’s next to a large body of water instead of in the middle of the desert. Now that I think about it, it’s really nothing like Las Vegas. Regardless, I’m going to Eilat, baby!
I’m mostly excited about swimming in the Red Sea. I’m not sure why. Maybe because I think it’ll be a great ice breaker in the future during strange silent encounters with people. Example: silence. silence silence. Me: “You know, I swam in the Red Sea once.” The other silent person: “Wow!”. Then we enjoy a long and fruitful conversation.
Also, the geography of Eilat provides a wonderful view of Jordan to the east and Egypt to the west. At least I can say that I’ve “seen” Jordan and Egypt.
More to come….
BONUS: Guess how long the flight from Tel Aviv to Eilat will be and you’ll win a yet to be decided prize! (And Jason, the time I told you before isn’t exactly correct.)
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um. since Israel is like, as big as san diego county, im going to guess 35 minutes. roughly. am i right? bring me back some sand! have a good time in Eilat Vegas! heehee. if they have cool cheesy souveniers i’d like a coffee mug. please. 
I’m guessing it’ll be about as long as it took me to fly to northern Wisconsin…maybe a little less. I’ll say 30 minutes.
oh tina…. VEGAS!!! LOL! i’m only 6 hours from Vegas now, so maybe we should plan a trip and i’ll meet you fools there! (or you could fly here and we can road trip there….) that seems to be the thing to do when Jami comes home or departs for somewhere. heh.
ok, sooo… the flight was 45 minutes. BUT BUT BUT! it was 45 minutes on a turbo-prop airplane (you know the ones with the big rotary blades ala the Wright brother’s first flight?). What does that translate to with the “usual” 747? Maybe 15 minutes?
you didnt mention the type of plane. i think by default i should get my jar of sand anyway since i answered first. *crosses arms and huffs*
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So… what’s left? WHAT HAPPENS IN EILAT STAYS IN EILAT!?!
Have a blast, sister.
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