How to pack for a trip to jerusalem
WHAT TO PACK for a HOLY LAND TOUR in ISRAEL
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hi there friends welcome to my channel where I normally put up ideas that are
about kids ministry but today I'm doing something totally different
because I have had an amazing opportunity this year to do two holy
land trips and there are some things that I was very happy that I brought
along with my trip and some things I wish I had brought so I thought I would
just do a simple little tutorial of showing you the things that I found
really helpful if you're planning on doing a Bible lands tour in Israel first
of all we went when it was really hot we went at the beginning of May which was
really hot and we went at the beginning of October which was even hotter so it
was really important that we had a good hat now I like to use a visor which was
really helpful for me but my husband had only had a baseball cap that the
tour company had given us and he had wished he had brought a hat with a rim
because the back of your neck just really bakes the other thing that I was
really happy that I brought was an umbrella and it wasn't because of rain
it was because I ended up using this thing for shade because it was so hot in
that baking Sun so this was such relief when we were going on walks and standing
around and listening to things and looking at all the old ruins having an
umbrella for shade was so good I can highly recommend that the other thing
that you'll need of course is sunscreen so bring plenty of sunscreen - I was
happy that I brought was invisible zinc now what I did every morning is I put
this on my face under my makeup and I never had a problem with getting
sunburned on my face so that's something that might be really helpful to bring
the other thing that you need to bring of course is an adapter now I brought
this from home okay this is the type of adapter that I needed - thing that my sons gave me
and they gave me this sort of adapter which was really good for using your
electronics plugged in so I don't know where they got it but it was really
helpful to have for this trip
really important is really good comfortable walking shoes
I was so glad that I brought my hiking sandals this time
they were excellent now they had grippy grippy bottoms and they're not real
pretty but they were so comfortable my foot was nice and cool and in the
evenings I would just wash them in the sink and then in the morning there'd be
a little bit damp but of course they dry out as the day went on and they were
fantastic we did lots of hiking lots of walking and I really felt like my foot
was very stable I didn't feel slippy with them on at all
guess what I'm doing for Mother's Day I'm getting to getting to go up and do a hike in a
really really interesting spot
just really good shoes for walking the other thing that I brought this time
that the first time I didn't bring is I brought some closed shoes like this but
I made sure again the bottoms were not slippy the first trip that I took I
bought some Sketchers that had a foam bottom and they were so slippery on
those really ancient ancient stones and sandstone in the old city of jerusalem
whenever we had a slight little incline I was hanging on to my husband because I
could feel how slippery my shoes were so I made sure I brought ones that had good
sticky bottoms and and what I did is I alternated wearing the hiking sandals
and enclosed toed shoe so I wouldn't get blisters at all the other shoe that I
brought was a little sandal like this that I could wear in wet or wear into
the Dead Sea because one area the Dead Sea we went they had really sharp salt
crystals at the bottom and so you could go in with these on and not hurt your
feet 'We're stepping on salt -that's the salt pieces and they're all underneath your feet
it's also salt that's pretty cool but I'm ready to get out' and I could also
wear these in the evening as well and give my foot a break from the other shoes
so having those was really good as well now the other thing that was important
was wearing clothes that were really comfortable so I tended to wear these
sort of caftan type shirts and with the sleeve on it they were great because it
protected me from the Sun I didn't have to worry about putting sunscreen all
over my shoulders and they were nice and lightweight and I just wore like a
little camisole underneath and I found that you know you're gonna sweat you're
gonna drip but it was much more comfortable and something that was
loose-fitting and I wore usually little tights or pants that went down below the
knee so that if we went into any sort of holy place whether it was a mosque or
whether it was in a church or whatever I was fully covered and didn't have a
problem because they will not let you in churches and things like that
if you are showing a lot of your leg if
you're wearing shorts. you've got to have your knees covered - even the men have to
cover up their legs they can't show their knees so they're getting their shawls to
go into the church
also you've got to have your neck area covered shoulders covered so what I also
and this was great just to have in my purse so whenever I needed it I could 0:06:45.121,1193:02:47.295 did was when we went to the desert I bought some a lovely little scarf from some Bedouins
just cover up I also found it really helpful was we would be out in the hot
hot Sun and then we'd get in the bus and have the cold air conditioning which
felt great - blowing on you but you know you can get sick when you go hot cold so
having this in my purse to be able to pull out and just wrap around me it's
really helpful the other thing I also brought was just a pashmina like
this because there were some evenings where it was a bit cooler when we're
eating out by the Mediterranean and having dinner and I could just pull this
out of my bag and put that around me instead of having to carry a sweater
around so that was really helpful the other thing that I brought which I was
glad I brought was a little portable lights like this so use in the hotel room
or whatever but also was great when we went through Hezekiah tunnel
the other thing which I highly recommend is you gotta bring your medicines but if
you get a bit sick I love using Lemsip they're just wonderful I ended up giving
some of these out and I've run out this is my last sashe I've got a little bit
of a cough you know but these are great to have if you start getting a bit of a
cold and a sore throat - so have your medicines the other thing that was
helpful to me was a really good selfie stick that was nice and sturdy now this
is a really sturdy one it's called i-Klip and it extends and then one thing I
found about having a good selfie stick this one actually opens up into a tripod
as well but there's so many people at a lot of these sites and so you can use
your selfie stick and your phone and just you can lift it up over everybody
else's head and you can get a shot clear of everybody in front of you
I'm really glad that I brought that so this selfie stick was great now let me
see what else oh the other thing that I brought this time was I brought a
crossbody bag and I bought one with little lots of zips and I found using
this much better than using a fanny pack or a bum pack like I had on my first
trip because I'd get all sweaty and I have this thing wrapped around my waist where's
this one was much more comfortable with all the heat now I'm gonna show you now
what I would pack in my bag as we go out for day trips I'll show you what I've
put in it so it has lots of zips and what I've put in it is of course lip
balm keep my nametag in there perfume in case it gets stinky hot some lipstick of
course and then I've got a pen always with me and a little antiseptic wipe that
I keep in that front pouch and then always keep my passport with me so I've
got my passport with me all the time right in there then in this
pouch, I've got my sunglasses and then I've got my little selfie stick which I
use for filming so I keep that in the front part of this and then on the back
I always get more tissues which are always good for that I've got my
extra little camera that I use for filming there it is and then I've gotten
a little travel wallet that I keep in there as well and then of course I've
got some personal items in the zip as well as some panadol and things like
that I keep in here - I keep a charging cord plus I sleep another power
pack incase I need to charge the phone or my camera and this is my camera charging
cord to go with the little power pack and then this is really important to
just show you guys this this is all my extra camera cards and then the other
thing I have here let's see this is a storage device that I can download
all my videos and photos from my phone straight onto this little device
then I can delete them off my phone so that has been really helpful and it's still
haven't hit a limit at all it's been really good so this little bag has just
been absolutely wonderful and I'll also share with you what I would
pack in backpack for our day trips which is really important that you have things
with you so let me just show you what I packed for that so this is what I've
packed in we've got these little speaker things that the tour people give you so
you've got to have that with you also have a charging cord for our phones for
camera and then I've got battery pack to charge with it if I run out of
batteries mints okay I've got a pen what else do I in here
oh I got my favorite tea bag in case I want a hot drink now let's see what we
have here I've always got water which you have from the hotel so I've got a
jacket in there the other thing that's been so helpful is it gets so hot so I
use this umbrella to protect me from the Sun then I've got a brush I've got my
glasses in case my contacts get messed up and I've got to take them out
the other thing I have in here is a notebook incase I want to write something
down and if you have any snacks from breakfast an apple or something like
that well we've got a meusli bar here as well the other thing I threw in here
which I have it needed it's just a poncho a cheap little disposable poncho
and then of course you're gonna need sunscreen so having a little backpack
like that has been wonderful to take everywhere with us I also would like to
mention that having American dollars for buying things was fantastic so we got a
bit of American money out to take with us we also use our card it was really
easy that way
'I'm not gonna rip you off'
'come on sir, you don't trust me?'
'I've got the three'
'I own a shop cost million dollars'
'I will rip you off for two dollars?'
what's your name? Armadda
Yours?
'Father and son?'
'Its ok'
Gee, you're making me proud now!
means You would have had me when you were 16...
'Ya, It's possible, it's ok!'
my father , he had my last brother - was age 65
'how old was his wife?
55
See honey, it is possible!
From 2 mothers, first wife , he had 7 children
my father married very young...
he was 16....
I had wished that I had brought two things
that I didn't bring this time I wish I had brought some dresses that
were lightweight and loose-fitting okay that would have been great to have the
other thing is we did quite a bit of hiking and walking in outdoor areas and
I think I would have liked having my walking sticks
they would have been really helpful so you can check with your tour guide if you're going to
be doing some of those sights like we went to Gamla which was up from down
went to Masada we went and hiked to some beautiful
lookouts and they were great but I was just always very conscious of stepping
downwards and stepping upwards fine but going down and keeping my balance last
thing I wanted on a tour was to fall down and hurt myself so I think having
hiking poles would been a great thing to bring along when you have more of an
adventuresome sort of tour and that my second tour was like that now I also
thought I'm I'd do a video on what things I bought
as gifts or even as a Bible teacher when I went there so I did pick up things if
you're a Bible teacher or teach kids I've bought some pretty neat things in
Israel that are gonna I'm gonna take back to use with my classes
so if you'd like me to do a clip on that well let me know so I think that's about it guys
that I have to share with you if you found these ideas helpful please give it
a thumbs up and if you'd like me to do some clips on the footage or some of the
vision that I've took because I took a lot of video of my trip let me know in
the comments below
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