Check out the video of me right on the Syrian border, looking out from the Shouting Hill in the Droze village of Majdal Shams. Back in the day (pre-internet, and post war with Syria in 1967) the local villagers would shout across the border to Syria, talking with their family there often with megaphones. I had to improvise as you can see.
Good times out exploring the Golan Heights area in the way north of Israel. Hiking around a fortress the Crusaders attacked and couldn't get in, enjoying waterfalls and a national park and chatting it up with the nice Israeli woman who picked us up hitchiking. Pretty safe up here with super nice people.
Been good hanging out with my traveling Dutch friends, Martijn and Tony, who I first met in Vietnam and now have traveled with in Central America and Amsterdam. Wicked to have friends who you can meet anywhere in the world. Tomorrow is another national park, which should entail a 30m walk through a lake to the path on the other side, some more waterfalls and some more adventures. Viva Israel!
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| Shouting at Syria from the Shouting Hill |
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| Typical site in Israel |
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| The Nimrod Fortress, attacked numerous times by Crusaders |
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| Roof fell in years ago, but still pretty badass |
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