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Israel in Pictures: Part 2, the Jordan Valley, the Negev and Petra

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The leg of my trip that took me into the Israeli (and a bit of Jordanian) desert.

A cable car takes visitors to the top of Masada. I chose to walk back down. Which was a mistake.
A cable car takes visitors to the top of Masada. I chose to walk back down. Which was a mistake.
The desert is an odd place, shaped by water but very little of it around. The Dead Sea is in the background.
The desert is an odd place, shaped by water but very little of it around. The Dead Sea is in the background.
David Ben Gurion is buried beside his wife at Kibbutz Sde Boker, in the heart of the Negev Desert.
David Ben Gurion is buried beside his wife at Kibbutz Sde Boker, in the heart of the Negev Desert.
The Mitzpe Ramon crater is an enormous depression that looks straight out of Lawrence of Arabia.
The Mitzpe Ramon crater is an enormous depression that looks straight out of Lawrence of Arabia.
A gulch in the Petra Mountains. In the background is the Arava/Araba Plain, the bottom end of the Jordan Valley.
A gulch in the Petra Mountains. In the background is the Arava/Araba Plain, the bottom end of the Jordan Valley.
The red rocks of the Siq, the 1.2km long gorge leading down into Petra.
The red rocks of the Siq, the 1.2km long gorge leading down into Petra.
A gap in the rocks of the Siq gives a glimpse of the Treasury: the best preserved and most dramatic of Petra's tombs.
A gap in the rocks of the Siq gives a glimpse of the Treasury: the best preserved and most dramatic of Petra’s tombs.
Desert flowers bloom in front of a theatre carved from the living rock.
Desert flowers bloom in front of a theatre carved from the living rock.
Locals craft sand art to sell to visitors.
Locals craft sand art to sell to visitors.
Camels wait to be ridden in the open space in front of the Treasury.
Camels wait to be ridden in the open space in front of the Treasury.
The Treasury will be instantly recognizable to anyone who ever watched Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
The Treasury will be instantly recognizable to anyone who ever watched Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

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Ice Shaman
Ice Shaman is a resident of the Great White North, a political junkie and a process geek. Not a real surprise that he is also a lawyer.

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