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Wailing Wall, Jerusalem

Jerusalem oh Jerusalem! How I love the place and I hope I could pay another visit soon! One of the places that I came to visit in Jerusalem was the western wall or also known as wailing wall and I guess the name speaks for itself. Wailing wall is one of the many places that you could visit in Jerusalem! If you get an opportunity to go, don’t think twice… Just go!

Wailing wall is such an important religious site located in the Old City of Jerusalem which is located within the modern city of Jerusalem and surrounded by massive walls. If you have been to Jerusalem you know what I’m talking about. You could actually get closer to the wall where the Jews pray as long as you put a ‘kippah’ or a ‘yarmule’ and have that on your head while you are there. Once your are in, you could see the wall filled with a big quantity of papers. The papers are written with requests for God.

Wailing Wall, Jerusalem

Tips: I think you are allowed to take pictures there, (well I did not get told off by anyone there, so I’m assuming it is allowed! hehehe) so make sure you have your camera handy. Don’t forget to wear a kippah when you are inside the wailing wall and if you have a cross necklace on your neck, please hide it as it is offensive for them (I got told off since it was hanging out )

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Eliazar Putera

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Mt. Sinai

A little bit of fact about Mt. Sinai.

Mt. Sinai is approximately 2,285 metres above the sea level and is located in Egypt (Asia part). If you read your Bible, this mountain is where Moses received the 10 Commandments from God. Nothing special with the mountain until you reached the top of the mountain! In fact, the mountain looks very dry and rocky and you see no grass or tress around it. But it is a nice experience nonetheless.

So here is my story – climbing mount Sinai was seriously one of the most awesome and hardest experiences in my travel life!

Why awesome? Experiencing sun rice from the top of Mt Sinai is just priceless! It is so beautiful and there are no words to describe it! It is definitely something that you need to experience when you go to Egypt.

Why hard? Although you can rent a camel to help you climb to the top and if you are lucky enough, you could get one of them! But since I went there during a holiday season, so there were no camels left to rent! sad moment! So I was left with one option which was to do it like the locals do… USE YOUR FEET! The first 2 hours were quite okay but then, when cold wind and tiredness hit your body (it was -13C on the top of the mountain and having a pair of converse shoes did not HELP at all! ) -Altogether, it took me 6 hours just to get me to the top of the mountain! (but it was all worth it – the view from the top will take your breath away!) Guess what? Once I got to the top of the mountain, my feet literary decided to fall asleep and I could not feel them anymore. It was seriously cold and I wore the wrong shoes! Then my brother and I decided to climb down as the thought of “you might not feel your feet any more” came into me, so we started climbing down the mountain and it only took us 3 hours to climb down!

Mt. Sinai

Tips: Please do not wear CONVERSE Shoes especially when it is during a cold season! – Have enough water during your time on the mountain. If you can get an opportunity to rent a camel – get one! seriously… hehehe but doing it like the locals do is also fun! Most importantly, do not go to Mt. Sinai without a camera… make sure you have one handy with you.

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Happy Travels,

Eliazar Putera

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