So the flying was intense. two back to back 12 hours flights seperated by a painfull 2 hour transit in bankok (not the best airport in the world). Also an intense interregation by Israeli security force in bangkok (they’re stationed everywhere that flys direct to Israel). They have to be like that but they’re so damn suspicious of Israeli people who don’t live in Israel anymore – asking tons of questions about when the last time we were there and why we were coming, for how long, to do what, who packed bags, left your hand luggage unattended?

Anyway we made it in the end. The plane has to fly a certain path as to avoid flying over places like saudi and kuwait so in the end makes the flight several hours longer than it has to.

We arrived in the middle of a “Sharav” which basically is when it gets so hot in the desert it creates one of those freak sand storms (that you see in the movies) and therefor if the winds are blowing towards the cities it gets FUCKING HOT. Seriously. It’s only the beging of spring here and its not usually this hot. But we arrived and the temp was about 20 degrees and I was like pffft whats all this about (I was wearing jeans and a cardie and didnt feel hot at all). I was then reminded that it was 7.30am in the morning! After the 30 minutes drive to Shiller (The Kibbutz we’re staying in for the first few days) the temp had already risen to 28. And at the highest point of the day it had reached about 38. It was hot. Unbearable. They say that today will be the last day of the sharav and it should get a bit cooler.

We were so tired when we got here but we forced ourseleves to stay awake cause it was day time. I went bowling with Oren and Lior who are my mums friends kids. It was fun but I only just survived – traveling in the heat with jet lag was hard!

After some dinner we konked out early and of course woke up at bloody 4am the next morning.

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