Tel Aviv

Julie gave us a free day and at the crack of dawn, we left PBI for the train station. We were going to take the train to Tel Aviv but when we arrived, we found out that there were mechanical problems so we ended up taking the bus.

We arrived into Tel Aviv around 11:20am and we went to a shopping mall where we grabbed food before we said goodbye to Julie. It turns out that Julie only accompanied us to Tel Aviv to ensure that we arrived safely. Then we went to the old city of Jaffa.

Jaffa was an old Muslim port with an actual fort and walls but the walls were demolished recently in order to expand the roads. However a ton of renovations was in the process and the area was basically dead. After walking around in the heat for an hour we took a cab to the Dan Hotel where we changed out of our clothes and into swimming outfits.

The beaches of Tel Aviv were okay. It was a South Beach wannabe--full of tourists and people and trash. It was kinda disgusting because there were cigarette butts all over and close to the shoreline the water was filled with trash. I also found out that it was jellyfish season but it was too late--I got stung several times by the larvae. After watching the sunset, Patrick, Paul and I went to an amazing Italian restaurant. We left Tel Aviv at around 10:20pm and we arrived back at PBI around 11pm. It was great to be back!