Adventures exploring a wild River, the Temple of Pan at Banyas, Ice cold waterfalls and pools
You would never expect that there would be roaring waterfalls of freezing cold water in the middle of August in Israel
The Banyas elite - from left to right, top to bottom :
Michael, Lena, Yulia, Nora, Laurence, Kyle, Alex,
Keren, Sean, Germano, Dave, Yanir.
On our way to the far north of Israel, we took a leg-stretching break among the fish pools at Ma'agan Michael
and made new friends at the Good Fence in Metula.
On Friday afternoon, we had great fun in Nahal Rhatsbani.
Nora relaxing in the fresh water.
We camped in Beit Hillel.
Morning arrangements
Kyle writing the Bible in sand
Pan, the ancient god of shepherds and the forest, gave his name to Banyas reserve.
Kyle, a modern Pan deity.
Our steps than took us to Roman remains at Banyas :
a romantic bridge,
and a fairly-well conserved temple.
Inspired travelers taking a break before buying some delicious druze pitot filled with lebane cheese and seasoned with za'hatar and olive oil.
The famous Banyas waterfall, a pure beauty
Lucky adventurers having lunch next to it
Yulia and Michael
Happy bathers getting refreshed at the "Syrian tank" pool
Germano's laundry (his I-shirt got full of sabra spikes)
When we last saw it, Sean's boat was bravely sailing on Nahal Banyas towards the Mediterrean Sea.
Ice-water battle
A view from Banyas reserve to Nimrod castle ; exclub reps. got inspiration for the next trip !
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