We spent our last full day in Israel traveling from the kibbutz over to the northwest and drove south along the Mediterranean from Haifa to Jaffa/Tel Aviv. I enjoyed the beautiful sea, the breeze and beauty.
We only briefly stopped in Haifa to view the Ba Hai Gardens that have a building with the tomb of their founder. The Ba Hai are a faith that embrace all world religions and seek to promote tolerance and love. We have a small community of these followers in Star Valley.
My new friend Anika from London has family that are Ba Hai. I love making new friends on my travels, and Anika is a kind, open-minded and intelligent person who also loves to try new food adventures. I'm sad that she won't be continuing on the Jordanian portion of our tour.
We continued on to the ancient port city of Caesarea, which was named after Caesar Augustus and built by Herod the Great. Many remains are left from Roman, then Muslim and Crusader times. We viewed a short movie and then walked around the area.
Arrived in Jaffa and had lunch. Jaffa is an ancient port city as well, and Tel Aviv was built just north of it. We spent the night in Tel Aviv at an old cinema.
Will post more....
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