The reward was very gratifying: three weeks of true adventure, with surprises everyday and the enriching contact with a culture, the arabic, much less distant than it appears. Really, much more kind and hospitable with travelers than we have experimented in other parts of the world.

Until the last moment we didn't get clear at all to include or not in our itinerary a visit to Israel and the Occupied Territories (Palestine), due to security matters. One of the advantages to travel by our means is the capacity to decide the itinerary and to be able to adapt to the circunstances in a natural way. Luckyly, after verifying the relative tranquillity of the zone at that moment, we decided to extend our travel in the Jerusalem area. Our stay in Palestine was extended from the three initial planned days until almost a week. The experience of living in our fleshs a conflict like that one and to be witnesses of the brutality os the military occupation helps us to understand many of the issues of a world wachted in the TV news and not well assimilated. We consider ourselves privileged people in this sense.

During the trip we made some annotations in a diary, those are the origin of these pages. We hope that these anecdotes, curious photos, itineraries, schedules, prices, etc can be useful to somebody who pretends prepare a trip to that area or simply someone who feel curiosity by this destination.

The basic itinerary of the trip is represented by the following picture :