good and bad days

well it has been awhile since I last posted and most of it mainly to the severe lack of internet bandwidth, so I apologize for that.

First stop Greece, more specifically souda bay, is beautiful. I was only able to get off the boat for one day due to the mass work load, but for that one day it was a blast. This part of Greece has a military base that the US Navy visits all the time. There is a place called american alley in downtown hania( the main city) where they treat americans really well. Everyone was really nice and the people were all very good looking. It felt like a tropical paradise in a way I am pretty sure I will come back someday on my own accord to check out the rest of the country. I did get a really nice leather backpack for pretty cheap and it looks like something Indiana Jones would wear hehe now to look for a good whip :P

As much as I liked Greece I must say I was looking forward to my next port visit which is Isreal. As we pulled into hiafa ideas of temples and to be honest bombs were in our heads. Me and a couple guys decided to do a small hike around the city of hiafa there are several religious sights that the guys wanted to see and we wanted to break away from the club and drinking scene which I am finding out is the mainstay of the navy. We went to the cave of elijah and climbed to the top of mount carmel (I have scene 5 different spellings for it so you figure it out :P ) it was a great time but one thing you should know about hiafa, its on a hill! a very big and steep hill. by the end of the day the guys were exhausted. Add in the fact that its nearly sweltering in the the shade and you can imagine how we felt.

the next day it was time to do the tours which everyone was so excited about. Bethleham, Nazareth and the Sea of galleli with the end being the river jordan where you can get baptized for an additional fee. The day was great and fun, I took lots of pictures and saw some really cool stuff. The house/grotto of mary and the actual streets of the biblical Nazareth. We went to where peter lived and where Jesus stayed with him. The area where there was the sermon on the mount and where the miracle of feeding off those people with a couple loves of bread and stuff hehe details details details. speaking of details I was the best rock skipper on the sea of galleli out of everyone on the tour. No I didn't not receive a trophy or get sainted or anything which disappointed me. And now for the real disappointment. While at our last stop at the river Jordan I was taking a picture and in the crowd of people wanting to get a good look someone knocked my arm and my camera is now officially baptized as well. Sadly it also does not work either. so I know how the most holy and clean of sin camera in the work that does not take pictures. So it was a good day and a bad day.

The worst part is that tomorrow we go into Jerusalem where the real cool and photo worthy stuff is. Oh well it is what it is. I am surprised at how I am not really that mad, Sad maybe, but not mad. I think I realize that its not really that big a deal in the big scheme of things. I guess maybe I have become more perspective over the years but then again maybe its cause now I get to camera shop for a nice camera hehehe

I apologize once again for not posting in such a long time. The schedule is going to get pretty rough soon and I already do not get as much sleep as I should but I will try and post more often. To all reading I wish you well. take care