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Israel Tour Day 1(11/17-Wednesday) Depart New Orleans
Day 3 (11/19-Friday) Early Israeli breakfast each day. We will have a devotional on the bus shortly after we depart our hotel at 8:00 a.m. Tour begins at our hotel in Netanya. We will visit the Mediterranean Coast, Caesarea, Sharon Plain, Mount Carmel where Elijah slew the prophets of Baal, Jezreel Plain, Nazareth, Sepphoris and ancient Akko. We will overnight at Ein Gev for the next two nights.
Day 4 (11/20-Saturday) We will depart Ein Gev at 8:00 a.m. and make a quick stop at Kursi. We will then continue our tour to Capernaum, the Loaves and Fishes site, Heptapagon, Mount of the Beatitudes and Chorazin. In the afternoon we will travel north and see ancient Hazor, visit Caesarea Phillippi and weather and time permitting travel up Mount Hermon to visit Nimrod Fortress. We will complete our day by crossing the Golon and traveling back down to Ein Gev where we will overnight.
Day 7 (11/23)-Tuesday) Jerusalem today. Up early to visit the Kotel Tunnel at 7:20 AM. We will spend time continuing to traverse the Old City, including a Wall Walk, Holy Sepulchre, Russian Church, and Citadel of David. We will also attempt to take the #99 public bus to take a sight seeing tour of Jerusalem and environs.
Day 9 (11/25-Thursday) We will be visiting the Jewish Quarter, several archaeological digs, Mt. Zion, the Upper Room, St. Peter in Gallicantu, and the Burnt House. 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. Our evening meal tonight will be a Thanksgiving celebration at the American Colony.
Day 11 (11/27-Saturday) We will depart Jerusalem at 2:00 a.m. for a 5 a.m. departure to the United States. We will arrive in New Orleans about 5:30 p.m. today. Hotels: 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 be traveling with NET. We will have all the necessary insurance on the vehicle. We will be in Israel for 9 nights and traveling two nights. Bring with you a minimum of 10 changes of underwear or plan to wash at some point during the trip. 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 travel vest. I will layer with the travel vest. A couple of the days will be windy and chilly, so bring a medium 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 and aspirin. 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. Trip List for November 17-27, 1999 ©mikeclay.com, 1999 |
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Day 2 (11/18-Thursday) Arrive Tel
Aviv, Ben Gurion Airport, at 3:00 pm where we will meet Clay, Tom Brimmer, Robert Cleland,
and Rick Funderburk and travel across the Sharon Plain to Netanya for overnight at the
Hotel Maxim.
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5 (11/21-Sunday) We will have our bags down for loading on the bus at 7am, breakfast and
departure at 7:45am. We will drive by the baptismal site and continue down the Jordan
Valley to Bet Shean. Then we will cross the Jezreel passing many Old Testament
landmarks including Nabob's Vineyard to Megiddo where we will see the activities of many
of the kings of Israel. When we depart from Megiddo, we will travel through Samaria
arriving at Jacob’s Well for a brief visit. We will travel down to the Jordan Valley
arriving at Jericho at about. 1:15pm. We will have lunch at the Temptation
Restaurant then visit the ancient Tel Jericho. When we depart Jericho we will
travel up the Old Roman Road to Jerusalem from Jericho and arrive in Jerusalem at 6:30pm.
We will check into the Jerusalem Hotel where we will have our evening meal and
spend our evenings for the remainder of the trip.
Day 6 (11/22-Monday) 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, Russia Church and the Temple Mount. This will be an
extremely interesting day. 
Day 8 (11/24-Wednesday) Today we will visit
Qumran, Masada, Tel Arad, see Beer Sheva in the distance 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. 
Day 10 (11/26-Friday) Today we will visit
Bethlehem in the morning and travel around the area visiting some of the significant
places around the area including the Mount of Olives, the Jerusalem overlook and other
locations as time permits. One of the important activities today will be to
discuss the city of Jerusalem and get a good sense of where things happened during the
Davidic kingdom. We will also take a quick trip to Abu Gosh time permitting.
The evening meal will be a time a fellowship and goodbye to Israel. 
Flight Schedule from New Orleans: