I thought I would update my "offexploring site" and as you may know, Kristina and I have recently been on holiday to Bali. We had a wonderful time and it was surprising to find such a different and interesting culture so close to home.It was really good to not have to spend 24 hours on a plane as it only took 5/6 hours from Sydney. I was happy to find how friendly the people are in Bali and always smiling.On arrival at our resort "Villa Lumbung&q...

Today, was my favourite, we headed north to the foot of the Golan Heights where we arrived in Nazareth and visited the Church of the Annunciation where Mary received word from God that she would conceive his son.We also visited the house of Simon Peter and the town of Jesus- Capernaum where the ruins were amazing.We also went to the Monastery at Tabgha, where the rock is kept where Jesus stood and did the miracle of the loaves and fishes.Five churches have sinc...

Our next day out was to Masada and the Dead Sea, Masada was a fortress built by King Herod on top of a mountain in the Judean desert, theruins were very interesting.Just before the Romans conquered Masada, all the people there suicided as they would rather die by thereown hands.We also saw the cave where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. After leaving Masada, we headed off to the Dead Sea where we floated as it is impossible to sink as there is so much salt in ...

We arrived in Tel Aviv and were drivento our hotelin Jerusalem.The next day we were picked up outside for our tour of the old city.We were taken firstly to Mt.Scorpuswhere there was a spectacular view of the whole city of Jerusalem.As I needed to go to the loo, we had to stop before our next tour site but fortunately for everyone else on the bus, they got to see the garden of Gesemenee which was close by.We entered the old city at the Jaffa Gate and proceeded t...