Arad, Bedouin Hospitality ... and Tea Thyme (Easy)
On Sunday of our whirlwind tour, we headed south from Jerusalem to visit Arad (pronounced AH-rahd).
Bordering both the Negev and Judean Deserts, it is the first planned community in Israel. It happened to be the 50th anniversary of Arad, so we helped celebrate by planting a few trees. Not the purchase of tree certificates ... literally planting saplings.
Those pipes are drip irrigation, saving us from having to return weekly to water the trees.
We then traveled to Kfar Hanokdim, a Bedouin village deep in the Judean desert.
Our chariots camels await.
View from my ride.
After the 20 minute ride we dismounted and headed to the welcoming tent where a guide spoke about his Bedouin childhood and Bedouin nomadic traditions.
We sat on padded mats and rugs underneath a tent made of black goat hair panels, shielded from the sun by a roof of what looked like palm fronds and other dried materials.
Our guide demonstrated the art of grinding coffee beans with a large and ornate mortar and …
Bordering both the Negev and Judean Deserts, it is the first planned community in Israel. It happened to be the 50th anniversary of Arad, so we helped celebrate by planting a few trees. Not the purchase of tree certificates ... literally planting saplings.
Those pipes are drip irrigation, saving us from having to return weekly to water the trees.
We then traveled to Kfar Hanokdim, a Bedouin village deep in the Judean desert.
Our chariots camels await.
View from my ride.
After the 20 minute ride we dismounted and headed to the welcoming tent where a guide spoke about his Bedouin childhood and Bedouin nomadic traditions.
We sat on padded mats and rugs underneath a tent made of black goat hair panels, shielded from the sun by a roof of what looked like palm fronds and other dried materials.
Our guide demonstrated the art of grinding coffee beans with a large and ornate mortar and …
