Subject: Post: Hmh. That was a disturbing experience. We took a taxi to the Dead Sea, into one of the spa resorts built on the shoreline of the sea, which is the lowest point on the earth at 400m below sea level. The water of the sea is extremely salty, basically making any life impossible.<p>The first thing we noticed going to swim was the temperature of the water, and how strange the water felt. It was probably well over 30 degrees, and not really feeling like water, more like liquid soap or something like that. The water was very thick and "slippery-feeling", also leaving your skin totally covered with salt. Just a few seconds more, and we found all the scratches and cuts in our bodies, even the small ones impossible to even see, as the salt made them hurt quite a bit. And, as the third thing we noticed diving there would be totally impossible. As the water is that salty, you just float without any chance of being able to dive.<p>We spent a hour or two floating around in the sea, rinsing the salt away in a shower and a swimming pool and returning to the sea again. The experience was.. a nice one to have. The behavior of the water felt totally unnatural and odd. By the way, the sea is surprisingly small. On a map it was looking like it would be way bigger, but Israel on the other side of the sea could easily be seen just a few kilometers away and even my cellphone roamed into the GSM network of an Israeli operator.<p>Back in the hotel now, going to have a dinner somewhere and maybe a beer, and then off to bed. Last night we didn't sleep that much anyway.. Note: Video clip coming later.. Latitude: Longitude: Security Code:
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