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HUGH'S TRIP TO JERUSALEM

 

I went with mum to visit my cousin John who works in the British Consulate General

September 5th - 12th, 2018

 

These are some of my pictures

My camera: Canon Powershot SX50


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Our excellent guidebooks were:
Eyewitness travel: Jerusalem, Israel, Petra and Sinai (DK Penguin Random House);   and   Israel and the Palestinian Territories (Lonely Planet)
Best introduction to Jerusalem's long history is the BBC DVD of JERUSALEM; the making of a holy city presented by Simon Sebag Monefiore

Maps of Israel and Jerusalem

John's apartment and roof photos Mormon Garden Haram al-Sharif Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem Herodium
St. George's Cathedral Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem Dead Sea and Jordan valley Israel museum Old city
Nice buildings Landscapes Miscellaneous Cats and other animals Farewell










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John and his apartment on the Mount of Olives (East of the Old City), and photos from the roof
John in explanation mode on our first night
Mum in planning mode
The Mormon University
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Mormon garden. Valuable to us as the calmest public place in Jerusalem
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Haram al-Sharif (Temple mount)
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
The famous immovable ladder. First placed in 1757. It is referred to as "immovable" due to an understanding that no cleric of the six ecumenical Christian orders may move, rearrange, or alter any property without the consent of the other five orders
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Herodium. King Herod's palace and tomb
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St. George's Cathedral where we attended a wonderful Anglican service first in Arabic and then English, with singing in both languages together
Mum with Alison and Stephano (John's colleagues)
St. George's Cathedral
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Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem
St. George
Catholic section
St. Jerome who translated the Bible into Latin
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The Dead Sea and Jordan Valley

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The Israel Museum
 
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The old city
Arab market
The Damascus gate
Foundations of the old walls
Garden in the old city
The Golden gate (shut)
The Jaffa gate
Street in the Jewish Quarter
King David's Citadel
The Lion gate
The lions on Lion gate
The old walls
Odd shop
The Citadel
The Via Dolorosa
The Dung gate near the Western Wall ('Wailing wall')
Building site with Western wall at top of picture
The Western wall ('wailing wall')
The 'Wailing wall' (detail)
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Nice buildings
Chapel of the Ascension
Rockefeller Museum
The Russian Church
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Landscapes
The Mount of Olives
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Miscellaneous
Askadinya
Gethsemane cat
A garden in West Jerusalem
Holocaust memorial
Jerusalem Co-op
The Mormon University
Tombs on the Mount of Olives
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Cats and other animals
The next two are camels, not cats
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Farewell
John with Aunty on our last night
Mum at the airport on way home
El Al flying us home from Tel Aviv, Israel
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Bits and pieces

Our excellent guidebooks were:
Eyewitness travel: Jerusalem, Israel, Petra and Sinai (DK Penguin Random House);        and Lonely Planet, Israel and the Palesinian Territories.
Best introduction to Jerusalem's long history is the BBC DVD of JERUSALEM; the making of a holy city presented by Simon Sebag Monefiore