on a donkey named apricot. we re riding to find st. george s monastery, a place where men were so desperate to get away from the madness of society, they somehow built this into the side of a cliff. as the flute of a goat herder echoes off the rock, it s hard to believe this is the site of deadly violence between arabs and israelis as recently as the 90s. but apricot s owner provides a more hopeful perspective. i see some tourists are afraid about arab or some arab of americans. the americans are good. he s known for fierce independence. he proves that when you know no borders, you have the luxury of common sense. you see in jerusalem, the church here. where s the problem? and the mosque here. no problem. here together, holy land. you re human, i m human.
to start our quest by checking a map. and long before google, there was the floor of st. george s cathedral in jordan. this is to the north. the jordan river flowing into the dead sea. 1,500 years ago, greek orthodox artists used tiny pieces of tile to create this strikingly accurate map of the middle east. the famous fish who s high-tailing it back up the jordan river. he s tasted the dead sea water. he knows it s a mistake, and it looks like he s trying to warn his friend to turn around as well. swim away! this floor turned out to be a lot more reliable than all the christian pilgrims who spread dead sea horror stories through the ages. like the tales of serpents so deadly, if they bit a horse, it would kill the rider. maybe this was, in fact, intended to keep you away because this was, after all, the site of sodom and gomorrah. and who knows if the cities were not still contagious. right.
i m riding into the valley of the shadow of death. on a donkey named apricot. we re riding to find st. george s monastery, a place where men were so desperate to get away from the madness of society, they somehow built this into the side of a cliff. as the foot of a goat herder echoes off the rock, it s hard to believe this is the site of deadly violence between arabs and israelis as recently as the 90s. but apricot s owner provides a more hopeful perspective. i see some tourists are afraid about arab or some arab of americans. the americans are good. he s known for fierce independence. he proves that when you know no borders, you have the luxury of common sense. you see in jerusalem, the
definitive histories of the dead sea. and like any good guide, she has to start our quest by checking a map. and long before google, there was the floor of st. george s cathedral in jordan. this is to the north. the jordan river flowing into the dead sea. 1,500 years ago, greek orthodox artists used tiny pieces of tile to create this strikingly accurate map of the middle east. the famous fish who s high-tailing it back up the jordan river. he s tasted the dead sea water. he knows it s a mistake, and it looks like he s trying to warn his friend to turn around as well. swim away! this floor turned out to be a lot more reliable than all the christian pilgrims who spread dead sea horror stories through the ages. like the tales of serpents so deadly, if they bit a horse, it would kill the rider. maybe this was, in fact, intended to keep you away because this was, after all, the site of sodom and gomorrah. and who knows if the cities were