The Monastery of St. George of Koziba.
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The Monastery of St. George's from the bridge crossing the gorge below
it. |
 The
stream coming down side of the gorge. The aqueduct built by King
Herod in the first century BCE is at the bottom of the gorge. The
white sliver of color above the aqueduct is the stream of water.
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 Access
by ladders to a cave above the monastery.
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 Palestinian
men and donkey to the rescue, as one in our party needs help in getting
from the gorge back up to where the road where the vans are parked. |
 Palestinian
police on duty in Jericho in their new cars.
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 Palestinian
kids swimming and others in our party wading in the stream that comes down
from the dry hillside to the west of Jericho.
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 Goat
herder playing his flute. The young me use their sticks to direct
the donkey, or to hit goats on the rump in order to move them along.
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The Intercontinental Hotel and the Oasis Casino outside of
Jericho. Israelis came her during the Oslo period, but now the hotel
and casino are empty. |
View from the back of the Mount of Olives of the Separation Wall, as it
cuts its way through the Palestinian community of Abu Dis. |
