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Israeli Adventure - part 2 of 1 2 3 4 5 6

Published 01/06/2002

Another strange feature is having huge ditches dug on both sides of many roads, some three to four metres deep; they can run for hundreds of miles. They certainly stop you from going to sleep when driving; I'm not sure just how you would get out if ever you fell in, presuming of course that you survived. I never really found out what their purpose is, it certainly wasn't for rainwater, more likely that they would hold up any foreign invaders trying to cross the roads.

My first area to visit was to be the Sea of Galilee. I remember learning all about the area in religious studies at school, so many names sounded familiar although the "sea" is really no more than a lake you can see across most of the time. Boats ferry tourists back and forth and can be very picturesque, particularly at this time of year (early spring), with yellow rape fields running down to the water's edge. Most of the tourist sites around the sea are filled with shops selling mainly cheap imports from Far Eastern countries, yes even here!

I circumnavigated the Sea and settled in a small guesthouse in Tiberias, overlooking the Sea. After a couple of days enjoying the regular tourist places and taking photographs, listening in on the guided tours,

I had itchy feet again and decided to drive off to the north west coast.

Looking at the maps and guidebooks I headed for a small town with a big history, Accra. Evidence of the city dates back over four thousand years, and for most of recorded history it has been a trading port. With it's fortress wall, a moat and sea walls, it sounded interesting, Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar both lived here, but Napoleon was unable to conquer the city.

Most of the tour buses were parked on the harbour area, so I followed. The old town I found disappointing, with little to photograph. This may have been because most places were closing by the time I arrived and the weather was taking a turn for the worst, growing darker by the minute.

The narrow streets and the noise of children playing drew me closer to the labyrinth of streets away from the harbour. With graffiti walls and homes only accessed through narrow doors, it all seemed much more interesting than where the buses and the tourists were.

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