Massada

Another incredible place.  Herod’s palace built in the first century BCE ontop a peak near the Dead Sea (see it in the distance).  We hiked our way up at about 10am (we had to wake up in Jerusalem at 5:30am) and it was still 100 deg F that early in the morning.  I dont know if ive ever drank so much water in a day.  This is also where I almost dropped my SD card down the cliffside, but it landed on a wood beam an inch wide (i am very lucky to still have these pictures).