Israel

Israel
ISRAEL - I'm looking south along the western edge of the Dead Sea (Toward TZ, which is about 2500 miles due south of Israel).

Photos

Sat, 8/6/11
Yes, they're clothespins.

I also caught Anna, but
 Wed, 8/3/2011
Basketball (with surprisingly few rules).

Tatu, Nu, and Anna.

Well, it took four of us about a minute and a half to get this little one to crack this modest smile (note the face of the boy on the right :).

Some of the neighborhood kids wave at the camera in the Shipes' front yard.

Nicole makes popcorn for the kids when they come over (a very special treat here).

A coffee bean that I picked and shelled.  Columbia has nothing on TZ.

Washing feet.  You actually have to do that here.

Looking down the road from Chama (where the Shipes live) toward Arusha.

A "shot from the hip" that I took in the market.

Well, here are pics of everything from Sunday morning until Tuesday (7/31-8/2).  I will try to put more up later.
 About to depart from Washington Dulles International Airport.


Dusk at 34,000 feet aboard a Boeing 777.


I was glad I remembered to shoot this photo of my first step on African ground.  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.


Anna and Alyssa put their lives in my hands as we spin in circles behind the Shipes' house.