We crawled slowly up to altitude. The road appraoching the West Bank was lined by high metal fences adorned with curling razor wire…

This particular winery is within gunshot of the Lebanese border, but the staff did not appear to be disquieted by the shadow of a Hezbollah crow’s nest in clear view just beyond the Israeli fence.

The Sea of Galilee to a Druze village in the Golan Heights

It was about 45C (120F) in this lower ring of Hades when we arrived, and the agenda was to pass over the Allenby Bridge into Israel as quickly as we may. Asking the way to the bridge from several different people on the road yielded no fruit.

Ancient history, friendly natives, and cheap falafel…