We see things we like, things that catch our fancy and sometimes we want to take them home with us. Our guestrooms are littered with them.
Author: John Krivine
Ezra Orion
“No prophet is recognized in his own country.”
Ezra Orion was a controversial Israeli artist. In 1988, at a meeting at NASA headquarters in Washington, he proposed erecting a line of stones on Mars using a space vehicle.
The Sculpture Park in Mitzpe Ramon
Because you can never get enough of this view
I wrote a separate post about the Albert Promenade (the red line on the map), a scenic walk that runs the length of Mitzpe Ramon along the rim of the makhtesh, a one hour hike, and I mentioned in that post that this walk has an extension that leaves the town behind and runs through a sculpture park. I referred to it as the fifth stretch. Well, this is it (orange line on the map).
African Leaders of the World
We see things we like, things that catch our fancy and sometimes we want to take them home with us. Our guestrooms are littered with them.
The Nabatean city of Shivta
Shivta is one of five ruins in Israel’s Negev desert [along with Mamshit, Avdat, Tel Nitzana and Halutza] that were built and inhabited by the Nabateans from 500 BCE to 700 CE. These cities grew in strength and prosperity over 1200 years, and then they died, all of them and all at around the same time.
Ringing with Darren the Birder
I was born in Staffordshire in the Midlands of England, as a lad I was a punk rocker. I’ve always liked birds. I traveled the world for several years and met an Israeli girl in Nepal, we stayed in touch. I was in Syria in 2002,
Dawn Hike (with John)
Every morning I wake up at 5am and for want of a better thing to do I go for a walk. The first half of the walk I do on a paved road because it is pitch dark and I don’t want to fall over a rock or a hyena.
The Nitzana Salient – things to do along the 211 road
To get to the Nitzana Salient, take road 40 going North. At Tlalim Junction, turns left to road 211. It shoots like an arrow straight at Egyptian Sinai and comes to a dead end.
Valencia Oranges in the Negev
Our neighbour is a plant physiologist and his specialty is citrus; he travels around the world attending conferences and meeting growers. He is pretty knowledgeable. He had a dozen Valencia orange saplings lying around his laboratory which had been used in an experiment and were designated for disposal, so he bunged them in the back of his car and brought them home.
Mitzpe Ramon Visitors’ Center
The Visitors’ Centre is a place to visit during a snow storm, a rain storm, a dust storm or in a heat wave. You will never see a queue of people waiting to go in but coaches are parked outside. People leaving the visitors’ centre look as if they have just woken up.
