Hiking Hawarim Valley (17 June, 2008)

Yet another hike! A short one near our campus. The specialty was that it was done under full moon light. The area hiked is called Hawarim valley and in full moon light you could see the whole region shining white because of the white texture of stones and sand. On the way I saw an ancient cistern that was once used to collect water…but it was really dark inside the cistern. People use to throw stones to the huge rocks in the valley and all at sudden you see sparks flashing ….a very beautiful view under moonlight. It took us 4 hr for the whole trip (8 pm to midnight). We (including Yaki and his dog Tzures {which means 'trouble' in yiddish!}) were not alone. Before us four buses full of high school children reached the spot ! On the way saw another small group who traveled 50 km from Beer Sheva just to have a get together and enjoy a cup of tea under moonlight. Sorry NO photographs from the hike....except for the one uploaded below which shows how bad I am in clicking photographs at night……. What you see shining on sky is actually the moon! Thank you yaki for my first moon light hike in Israel.