Yes, there is an Arabic version of Coke Zero

I definitely should have written all of this sooner. Day 4 wasn’t when we left Galilee; Day 5 was. We headed over to Jericho, making some stops along the way.

Coffee with cardamum. Not our favorite!

First stop was at ancient Samaria, at the ruins of the town that Herod built called Sebaste. There we saw one of the palaces built by Omri (Ahab’s dad), as well as the temple that Herod built to honor Augustus.

Entrance to Sebaste

Tony Fernández at the amphitheater in Sebaste

Ruins in Sebaste

We stopped for lunch at a place run by some friends of our guide. The food was good, plus the whole group got to try their hand at wearing traditional Bedouin garb. (We saw many Bedouin encampments along the way)

Wonderful Arabic lunch

Going native

Bedouins

One of my favorite places was Jacob’s Well. As our guide said, Jacob’s Well was never lost. There’s no reason to doubt that this was the actual location.

We drew water from the well, and the guide asked if anyone wanted to try some. I jumped at the chance! Not sure who else drank some, but I definitely enjoyed drinking water from Jacob’s well. I’ll include a video that I prepared in Spanish showing the drawing of water from the well.

Jacob’s well