One of the benefits of hiring a local guide = Speaking Arabic. We stopped for lunch on the roadside and he was able to negotiate an incredible meal for us. It is the simplest of foods that taste the best.
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| Salt build up on the cliffs |
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| Lot's wife, turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back at the waste of Sodom |
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| The Dead Sea |
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| Salt rock |
So the wonderment of the Dead Sea is the fact that its salinity level is through the roof, making anything but completely floating on top of the water practically impossible. Seriously, you cannot sink or dive, not that you would want to put your face in the water anyway.
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| Laying ON (not in) the water, completely surreal |
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| Salt crystals |
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| So surreal! |
