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Israel
Tour
Day 1(3/16-Thursday) Leave the NOBTS campus at 9:45am and depart New Orleans on Air Canada #578 at 12:00N. Arrive Toronto, Canada at 3:55pm. Depart Toronto on Air Canada #886 at 10:05pm. Day 2 (3/17-Friday) Arrive Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion Airport, at 4:05 pm where we will meet Tom Brimmer. Elapsed time for the flight is 10 hours. We will pick up our vehicles and travel to Jerusalem where we will overnight at St. George's Cathderal Guesthouse.
Day 3 (3/18-Saturday) Early Israeli breakfast each day. We will have a devotional at St. Georges and then travel to the Galilee by way of Qumran, the Jordan Valley, Bet Shean, Megiddo, Belvoir, Tiberias and checkin for three nights at Vared HaGalil.
Day 4 (3/19-Sunday) We will depart Vared HaGalil at 8:00 a.m. We will travel to the north and visit Hazor, Dan, Caesarea Philippi, and Nimrod Fortress. We will finish our day at Acco on the Mediterranean coast. Overnight at Vared HaGalil. Day 5 (3/20-Monday) We will visit Capernaum, the Loaves and Fishes site, Heptapagon, Mount of the Beatitudes and Chorazin this morning. After a delightful meal in Tiberias we will travel to Sepphoris, Nazareth, and Mount Tabor. We will complete our stay in the Galilee at Vared Hagalil tonight.
Day 7 (11/22-Wed.) After an 8 AM visit to the Garden tomb, we will spend all day in Jerusalem. Some of the things we will visit will be the Arab Market, Damascus Gate, Kidron Valley, Western Wall, Moslem Quarter, Christian Quarter, Russian Church, Kotel Tunnel and the Temple Mount. This will be an extremely interesting day. Day 8 (3/23)-Thursday) Today we will visit Masada, Tel Arad, Beer Sheva and journey back to Jerusalem on the Kiryat-Gat to Jerusalem highway. Along the way we will see where David slew Goliath and Samson wooed Delilah.
Hotels: *Vared Hagalil, Galilee. Fax 011-972-6-6934964, Tel. 011-972-6935785 Contact in Israel will be Tom Brimmer. (H) 011-972-2-676-0862; cell phone 011-972-052-874-285; 011-972-053-464-718
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Suggestions on preparation for your trip: I would suggest that you not take more than $300 cash for personal spending money and don’t use traveler’s checks. They are difficult to cash. I will make your initial currency exchange for $100 US for Israeli shekels. If you need more shekels during the trip, we will go by a moneychanger. Make sure that you bring a credit card that works on the Cirrus and/or the Plus networks so that you will be able to get money from ATMs if you need more cash. Some of the places that we visit will take VISA cards. We will visit a couple of places that will take a check. Israel currency is the shekel, currently about 4 shekels/dollar. Bring your AT&T, MCI, or Sprint card with you. The country code in Israel is 972. It’s a lot less expensive to dial direct, than it is to use the Israeli telephone system. The electrical system for Israel is 220. For specific things you will need a multi-voltage converter. Camcorders & Video-recorders often have the worldwide AC Adapter charger, so you will also want to check that. Bring all of the film (at least 15 rolls) that you want to use in Israel, with you. It is fairly expensive to buy film. If your film is below ISO400, you shouldn’t have any problem with the x-ray machine. There shouldn’t be any problem for your camcorder videotape. Also, the videotapes in Israel are very expensive, so I would not suggest buying any videotape in Israel. Make sure that you have a health insurance card in case of an accident. Make sure that you have evidence of health insurance. We will have all the necessary insurance on the vehicle. We will be in Israel for 8 nights and traveling two nights. All of our activities will be casual and blue jeans or sweat pants will be adequate. I generally take with me several tee-shirts, a light jacket, rain slick, a sweatshirt, two or three additional pair of slacks, lots of socks, and a daily change of underwear. A couple of the days will be windy and chilly, so bring a light weight coat. We can wash clothes and hang them up overnight. You need to be sure that you’re shoes are very comfortable. Bring at least one change of shoes. Put all of your stuff in one bag to check thru to Tel Aviv. Hand carry a bag with a change of underwear, some light snacks, your camera, and any other carrying things that you want to take. You will need a wallet that you can keep next to your body for your passport, driver’s license, credit card and cash. I would suggest either a waist or neck wallet. Remember, pack light and have necessary stuff in a carry-on bag. Also, bring any medications that you need and include Imodium. We will be video taping the trip and will make you a copy of the videotape.Be sure to bring the Bible you use all the time. You will want to look up verses at various sites. Also, bring a notebook so that you can keep a journal. Remember to use the PRAYER GUIDE as you prepare for your trip. BLESS YOU ON YOUR PREPARATION. YOU WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AFTER YOU VISIT ISRAEL, THE LAND OF THE BIBLE. ©mikeclay.com, 1999 |
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Day
6 (3/21-Tuesday) We will travel across the Galilee and turn south today. Our first
site will be the Carmelite Monestary at Muhraka on Mount Carmel. Then we will visit
Caesarea by the Sea. 
We will
arrive in Jerusalem at mid-day and check into Saint Georges for the remainder of our stay
in Israel. We will visit in and around Jerusalem in the afternoon. 
Day
9 (3/24-Friday) We will be visiting the Jewish Quarter, several archaeological digs, Mt.
Zion, the Upper Room, and St. Peter in Gallicantu. The afternoon will be free for
revisiting a place that we hurried past or for shopping and collecting the few things that
you would like to bring back home. We will have our evening meal at Saint Georges
and will depart Jerusalem for Ben Gurion about 10:00pm.
Day
10 (3/25-Saturday) We will depart Tel Aviv on Air Canada #887 at 1:25 a.m.
arriving in Toronto, Canada at 6:55am (elapsed time of 13hr 30min). We will depart
Toronto, Canada on Air Canada #577 at 9:15am and arrive in New Orleans
about 11:21am today.
