Welcome to Eilat

On our first day in Eilat, we went to Coral Beach to go snorkeling. We took an underwater camera with us but haven't yet had those pics developed, so no "snorkel-cam" photos, as Adam would call them.

After we sunned and snorkeled and snacked, however, we did get out the digital-cam and took these photos, first of Adam on the beach...

...and then a shot of the beach itself.

Another photo, of windsurfers (a moment later a gust of wind knocked both of them over).

And a photo of Monica contemplating the beach.

That afternoon, as we walked to BJ's Books, we passed by a shopping mall outside of which were two huge mounds of...snow! I had to get a photo of the Eilati (and tourist) kids playing in it and throwing snowballs (even though I did take the risk that someone would throw one at me or--worse--the camera); I thought my mom and Mama (her mom) would appreciate it. (Being from California, my earliest recollections of snow were quite similar.)

Here's a pic of me (waiting and waiting) online at BJ's Books.

On our way back, we took one friend's email recommendation and got fresh-squeezed pomegranate juice, courtesy of this lovely fruit juice vendor, Agar. Both she and the juice were highly memorable. She commented, when I asked if I could get her photo, "So now you will remember me?" And Adam later said to me, "Yes, and so will potentially hundreds of other people!" (The juice was memorable in that it tasted like a cross between raw rhubarb and kiwi, with a strong vegetable-like quality that is hard to describe. Maybe it just wasn't in season, but we'll never know, for it will be many moons before we try it again!)

One thing we didn't try, but which struck us as odd, was fresh-grilled corn on the cob. Several vendor stands proliferated on the Eilat boardwalk, as well as elsewhere in Israel (we first noticed them in Tel Aviv, but thought it was a fluke). This particular stand sold corn in "spicy curry Indian style with mayonnaise" and "Thai flavor."

Anyway, so ended Day 11 (March 24). To continue your cybertour, click here.

To go back to the previous page, click here.
To go to the original homepage, click here.
Or to go to the edited homepage, click here.

And, of course, feel free to write to us.

Last updated on July 7, 1999.