Orthodox Jewish schoolboys filling their water bottles after school from the portable water truck. It had many different taps with many different labels which I never found out what they were. There is another photo below where the adults joined in too.
Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives. This the most ancient and most important cemetery in Jerusalem. It started 3,000 years ago and still continues today. It contains about 70,000 tombs from various periods. It was a most spectacular sight especially with the sun shining.
This Jewish man shook Richards hand and removed his hat. Covered his head with his hand, and touched his eye. Then put his hat back on his head and asked for Money. Was not pleased at all when Richard refused to pay him!!
The Coenaculum is said to be the building where Jesus is said to have celebrated the Last Supper on Passover night before being captured at Gethsenane and trialed to death by crucifixion.
Dome of the Rock is a muslim shrine located on the Temple Mount in the old part of Jerusalem city.
Its is a shrine for Pilgrims but was built as a mosque in AD61. It can be seen from all over Jerusalem.
And then Jesus and his donkey come to town!!! This man has been arriving at the Mount of Olives Lookout for over forty years to fleece the unsuspecting tourists.
His donkey got amorous with Richard and then 'Jesus' got a bit the same with me. Hilarious! But of course it all comes at a cost if you take photos. He spoke perfect English and had a great sense of humour but thats about all he had going for him. He smelt heavily of BO plus his teeth were in a serious state of decay and his white tunic was very dirty.
Jewish school boys just out of school for the day.
Dormiton Abbey. A Catholic church which marks the spot where the Virgin Mary fell in to her 'Eternal Sleep'.
The Israeli West Bank barrier wall. Israel considers it a security barrier while the Palestinians call it a racial segregation or aparthied wall.
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