My Holy Land Trip: Day 5 & 6
I’ve been having a hard time trying to write this entry. I have 2 other versions of this entry saved as a draft. But, I think I’ll just show some photos that highlight each days activities.
Day 5 turned out to be Easter. We woke up early to make our way to Masada. This is the place that Herod the Great retired. LOL. They have a museum at the top of Masada. I couldn’t find any souvenirs over there, but I couldn’t find any in any of the the other spots we visited.
I don’t know who took this photo of me and my mom, but it’s actually one of my favorites from the trip! I like the clarity of the photo and also the composition, although I would have places us off-center. I also think me and my mom look really cool with our hats on. 
We visited the Dead Sea that day, too. Enjoy some fun photos of the pilgrims!!
Here’s my mom laughing with Aida. My mom struggled to help Aida float because she was so scared. It was funny because they were both screaming/laughing at one another. LOL.
GOOD JOB, mom! It really isn’t that difficult to float in the Dead Sea. The water is so salty, everyone is very buoyant!
Yo! Moises!
It’s actually very common to take the mud from the Dead Sea and put it all over yourself!! They encourage it. People take the mud home! They say that the mud is very good for your skin because there are no chemicals added… everything is 100% natural. I just hope no one was LEAVING anything natural in the ocean… if you get what i mean!
Yes, I did it, too! Yes, I’m wearing a bikini! YES, i’m wearing a tank top and shorts! My face was burning a bit while I kept the mud on… I hope it was ONLY mud i had on my face. YIKES!
After the Dead Sea, we went to Mt. Temptation. My mom took the photo below, I think it’s one of my favorite photos of me ever! I like photos of me where i’m taking a photo… or, maybe I just like the way my Cortezes look on me!
Believe it or not, Day 5 was very exhausting. We had to wake up early to get to Masada and we spent most of the day traveling in the bus. Holy Land: Day 5
Day 6 was a downer-day. This was only because we visited the Via Delarosa, and this was the path that Jesus took when he was being crucified.
This is my friend, Andrew. He’s a cool dude. Funny guy!
Each of the pilgrims took turns carrying a cross down the street. Most of us had to partner up, because the cross (seemingly light) was pretty heavy.
I wanna tell everyone that the people that persecuted Jesus are the biggest jerks in the entire world and they make me sooo angry!! They were mean to him… and mean to his mom… and that is just NOT cool! Yeah! I’m emotional! This was the one spot on the trip where I was actually crying because I was so sad! ARGH! Sigh…
The Holy Sepulchre Church is also the Church of the Resurrection. ALOT of people visit this place. Certain parts of the church have sooo many visitors, lines form around the church!
This is the Anointing Stone. People lay on this stone hoping to be healed. I put my camera on it, hoped and prayed that all my photos taken with the camera (during the trip and after) would come out looking nice. What do you guys think? Have my photos been nice?
Here’s me and my mom outside of Lazarus’ Tomb. This place was really tight. I’m not talking about, “tight-AWESOME” but, “tight-i can’t breathe”. We had to be very careful not to slip while walking downstairs to the tomb, and we had to wait by the side for people coming up the stairs. There was no two-way traffic happening.
I would say these 2 guys look normal. They’re cool. I didn’t talk to them, but they were nice to us. We went to the older man’s house for lunch. The guy in the photo is his kid… his 17th kid! YEAH! That guy has 4 wives! The son, on the other hand has NO wives… yet! He was eyeballing your girl, though. Seriously, he was.
Two more photos, ok, guys?
I can’t remember where this photo was taken, but I like my composition. The colors and the arches make this an interesting photo… in my opinion!
Around the Via Delarosa was an Ethiopian Church. We walked in to observe their mass and I saw this kid standing next to his mom, looking at us. I like this photo. I feel like I should donate to an Ethiopian Relief Fund.
I like that last photo too! It’s like something from Time magazine. You should be a photo journalist and travel all over the world! Nevermind I take that back cuz I’d miss you too much.