Journey to the World

It was one of those frozen days of the winter. The temperature in Eilat reached 14 degress in the day and 5 degrees at night. Although it’s very cold, the city is full with tourists. There’s not much to do in Eilat but scuba-diving, conferences or vacations. The last time I went to Eilat was one and a half years ago during my diving course. Nothing much has changed since. Eilat is pretty boring. One promenade, one mall and a beach which is the main attraction of the city. The visibility in the winter is pretty good. Aqaba in Jordan is seen pretty well, but the cold and winds force everyone to get away and find a protected corner. Although it’s still January, many of the Israelis are touring Eilat, the local mall is exploded with people and there’s no shortage of people in the hotels either. The hot deals attract the Israelis and indeed this is a good season to find a cheap vacation.

Although it was very cold, some crazy people decided to check to water. The day after I will be one of them but with a 5mm dive suit. Next are some photos from Eilat in the winter.

This article was published at 11-01-2008 Time: 19:01 and belongs to categories Eilat, Middle East, Beach, Israel. You can follow comments to this article using the feed RSS 2.0. You can post a comment, or trackback from your website.