Israel: Day 4

12/31/07

Today was spent in the Golan Heights. We went offroading in Land Rovers, and visited the ruins of some Syrian bunkers from '67 and before. The conversation with the driver about Israeli foreign policy was enlightening, in a manner of speaking.
We visited a mall for lunch (woo! Israeli fast food!) and went to a mountain bunker, which was neat and interesting. We saw a movie about the Yom Kippur war, and also got to climb on tanks.
In the evening, we had a Hillel New Year's party. They had a bar (Israeli beer = not bad)and music and food, and we rocked out.
More to come on day 5. I will say that the idea of being near the border of a hostile country is something new for me. This was also the first time I was less than ten feet away from an active minefield. Now that's a reality check.

Now the tour is in full swing. In a few days, we'd head south, and things would get even more interesting.