At the start of 1954 David Ben Gurion announced that he would be resigning from politics and would move to Sde Boqer. This astounded the Israeli public, not the least the young pioneers who had created the the communal farm three years previously. His immediate entourage also had one or two reservations.
Month: October 2019
Coming to the Negev by Bus
If I were a tourist from abroad visiting Israel I absolutely would not rent a car. I am going to list the reasons:
Vegan Xpress
Vegan Xpress is a vegan restaurant, no surprises there. But from now on, everything is going to be a total surprise. It’s in Mitzpe Ramon which is a very small town but I guarantee that without GPS or Waze you could spend an entire day with a map and you wouldn’t find it.
Mount Ramon and Karnei Ramon View Point
Important update: before you venture to Mount Ramon, check that road 171 is open. Due to some flood damages; it was closed to civilian circulation in October 2022 and no date for reopen has been announced as far as I know. But repairs are scheduled.
Like the Albert Promenade and the Sculpture Park, this excursion to Mount Ramon and the Karnei Ramon viewpoint allows you to look down into the immense geological phenomenon which is the Ramon Makhteshm but this time, from the other extremity.
Ten days in the Negev in July (with the family)
Anne and Pascal are a French couple, she is a psychologist, he a doctor, they have three teenage children and their lives are fairly intense as you can imagine.
The two of them have been coming to us every year for the past four years as a total escape. They stay on average for five nights, they come at different seasons, they are infinitely curious, they explore, they are delightful and we get on well with them. But when I received an email from Anne telling me that they had decided to come for ten days with the children in July, I almost panicked.
Cafe Ezuz
Living in a spectacular desert landscape as we do, they come here to make desert movies; directors, camera-men and actors from Tel Aviv check into our guesthouse for a week or two, they make us feel glamorous, then they leave. One of the movies was ‘At The End of the World Turn Left’.
