The Dead Sea – also known as the Sea of Arabah, Bahr Lut, the Salt Sea, or the Sea of Not-So-Many Living Things Besides Tourists (NSMLTBT). 1292 feet below sea level, this is the lowest point on the earth’s surface. One expects a dead sea to be somewhat, well, dead. You know, dead- bleak, desolate, ugly. The dead sea was anything but ugly – it was in fact bright and beautiful.Kitty, didn't you know that showing the soles of your feet or the bottoms of your shoes is the height of rudeness in the Arab culture?
If this truly is the place where Sodom and Gomorrah stood, God really cleaned up the place!
Israel apparently bottles 5 trillion dollars worth of products from this chemical wasteland…body creams, salt supplements, abrasive cleansers, even just plain mud. The spa industry is very much alive along the shores of this salty puddle, with these chemical waters being advertised as “healthy.” Healthy! Bah! These waters would just as soon melt your skin off of your bones as clean you!
(Kitty Scott, my dear mother, wants me to add that she felt very relaxed after her dip in this ecological train wreck, of course the scabs upon her legs speak oppositely)
Floating in the water can be very entertaining, granted. That is, until your legs decide that they want to float behind you and you end up face-planting in the water. Important note: DO NOT SHAVE BEFORE ENTERING THE DEAD SEA. REGRET WILL ENSUE!!!
Several of our crew deigned not to enter the water, including Scott and Debbie, Joy, and the Utterbacks. They are the wise among us. Thank God that He will make the Dead Sea will be made fresh again. (Ezekiel 47:8-9)
In all seriousness, the spas were really top notch. It was a great opportunity to visit the Dead Sea in such comfort. It truly was beautiful and refreshing, and I highly recommend a visit.
Israel apparently bottles 5 trillion dollars worth of products from this chemical wasteland…body creams, salt supplements, abrasive cleansers, even just plain mud. The spa industry is very much alive along the shores of this salty puddle, with these chemical waters being advertised as “healthy.” Healthy! Bah! These waters would just as soon melt your skin off of your bones as clean you!
(Kitty Scott, my dear mother, wants me to add that she felt very relaxed after her dip in this ecological train wreck, of course the scabs upon her legs speak oppositely)
Floating in the water can be very entertaining, granted. That is, until your legs decide that they want to float behind you and you end up face-planting in the water. Important note: DO NOT SHAVE BEFORE ENTERING THE DEAD SEA. REGRET WILL ENSUE!!!
Several of our crew deigned not to enter the water, including Scott and Debbie, Joy, and the Utterbacks. They are the wise among us. Thank God that He will make the Dead Sea will be made fresh again. (Ezekiel 47:8-9)
In all seriousness, the spas were really top notch. It was a great opportunity to visit the Dead Sea in such comfort. It truly was beautiful and refreshing, and I highly recommend a visit.
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John, your posts are awesome. If you wrote books, literacy would immediately skyrocket to 100% in every English-speaking country.
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