This past Saturday, Jonathan and I visited the Dead Sea. It’s about an hour drive from where we live, down through the Jordan Valley. Surrounding the Sea is a whole lot of nothing: mountains, desert, rock formations, and the occasional camel or donkey.
We pulled into the first beach we found, Kalia Beach, which was surrounded by a barbed wire fence. It cost us each 50 NIS just to get in (which is about $13).
After making our payment, we walked down a wooden staircase/walkway and were greeted with this:
IDK 