Sun rising as we finished our hike
On Sunday we woke up at 1am to go on a 2 hour drive to the Negev desert to Nachal Chaverim. The Theme of the tiyul was from Choshech l'Or (from darkness to light). The hike started at 4am. It was pitch black outside. All we could see were the very evident stars above us. We didn't use any flashlights during the hike.
We all used our night vision and trust in each other. It was a silent hike, not talking. You couldn't hear anything. After hiking for an hour and a half, we broke off into ICC classes and talked about silence in darkness and relating dark to light to our selves. After the moving discussion we had 35 minutes to our selves to watch the sunrise and beautiful mountains. It was absolutely beautiful.
We then visited David and Paula Ben Gurion's grave. We also visited their home on Kibbutz S'de Boker (across from where we did Gadna). We saw his house and learned about his daily routines, including a daily headstand.
We then got back to the Chava and were all exhausted. We had free time all afternoon.
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