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Snorkeling Coral Reef Eilat Red Sea

In anticipation of the soon to be trip to the Maldives, The Gallivanting Goldies equipped themselves with fins, snorkels and masks (one went all the way with a full face mask) and together with the latest GoPro 7 Black headed south to The Red Sea to trial run the equipment! The fins, snorkels and masks, particularly the full face one, passed the test with flying colors….still working on the GoPro! The best surprise however was what we saw. A stunning coral reef with an abundance of multi-hued fish!

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Self Guided Walking Tour of Old Jaffa

View of Old Jaffa from Tel-Aviv Promenade

Old Jaffa is a fascinating place – it has been built, conquered, destroyed,  and re-built several times and  is one of the oldest port cities. Today it is part of Jaffa, old and new, and a great place to hang out. This self guided walking tour of Old Jaffa is easy, accessible and well we had loads of fun!

For centuries Old Jaffa was the maritime gateway to Israel and Jerusalem – almost everyone who was anyone was here:-
The Prophet Jonah; The Egyptians; The Philistines; The Hasmoneans; The Romans; The Maccabees; The Muslims; The Crusaders; The Turks; The French; The British and of course The Israelis; Napoleon; Herzl; William II of Germany; Eichmann and yours truly.

Greek Mythology, Astrology and Tel Aviv’s own Robin Hood have also all been here!

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