Last week-end I went to assortments to a service year in Eyn Gedi reservation, service year is a year of pre-military volunteering in some place.
30 people signed up to the assortments, 10 said they'll come but only six did, and they only accept three people, so the odds are good.
Eyn Gedi is located right next to the Dead Sea,the lowest place in the world, and Eyn Gedi is just a few miles north to the lowest airfield in the world-mezada (LLMZ), standing tall at -1265 feet MSL.
In the service year we serve as a young ranger in the reservations, the only differences between a ranger and a young ranger is that the young ranger can't arrest and investigate someone and can't give a fine ourselves for whoever smokes or eats inside the reservation, other than that it's the same.
The ranger's job in the reservations is to make sure nobody goes anywhere forbidden,that nobody eats or smokes and litter, it may not sounds like a hard job, but mind you that it's a desert, reaching 50C in the shade in the summer, but there is no shade, and Israelis tends to not follow the law and ignore the rangers. The rangers are also responsible for checking the eagles that nests in Eyn Gedi and once in a while treat them with a nice dead cow.
Night falls on Eyn Gedi, waiting for the food in the Poyke to get ready.
Yonathan, the ranger that made the food for us got bored and decided to show us what should you do when you encounter a disobedient person, or an animal.
After the meal we went back the field school, where the young ranger's apartment is, we slept in a separate apartment, and decided to go for a walk, see where we are possibly going to live next year, and we stumbled upon a group of teenage Jews from all around the world that came for a year long trip in Israel.
The day after, we woke up at 7:45, leaving for a five and a half kilometers long trip that took us about six or seven hours.
Eyn Gedi field school from above.
Stopping for a breakfast in Tzafit track, the only track in the reservation where smoking and eating is allowed, we encountered those birds called Tristam's Straling, and they have absolutely no fear, they just sat there looking at us hoping that we would give them a piece of bread, so I could get this shot without any zoom, I think that this is one of my best shots ever.
David's Waterfall, by the way- all of the water in the reservation are drink worthy and rich of mineral and tastes GREAT!
After a long walk, it's time to chill out!
I have more photos, but since I started using film again, I still need to develop it...
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