Palestine the home land...part 1

All,

I went to the home land of the main monotheistic faiths in the world (yes, even in Islam, where the land is considered sacred) Jerusalem, it was an experience that i will never forget for so many reasons. Let me tell you from the start because i want to share everything with you all...

Well a taxi came to pick me up at 6.30am and we went to King Hussein Bridge, which is the crossing to Palestine and is right next to the dead sea, there it was fairly straightforward and took about an hour in all to read the Palestian side, however thats where the problems started,..

The dreaded Isreali immigration police came into action and after hearing so much i was expecting the worst so i was pleasantly surprised that it wasn’t so bad, i mean it was bad and in any other situation or country it really wouldn’t have been acceptable but in this country there is not much else you can do. After being interrogated for about 30 mins following an hours weight i was told to weight a further 2 hours whilst the investigated everything i told them, in the end when i finally got my passport back 4 and a half hours had passed!!They wanted to hold me up even further as i went through one gate the next gate asked if i had been spoken to, what a joke , they were proper taking the piss, but the sly thing was they sent out this really nice women they send out who is really pleasant and she asks all the questions in a nice way, so you don’t feel unjust, but man in reflection u feel it! Oh iforgot to say i went through some sort of machine that blew air onto you, it was so weird but they certainly had all the latest technology. Though i spent a lot of time more than most,(prob because of the lebo and Syria part of my trip) this one guy i spoke to he was from South Africa, but looked like a religious Pakistani guy, with the beard, glasses, tupi and the Shalwar, and ask soon as he got of the bus they told him to follow them, forget the machines forget his baggage and they took him to some room and grilled him for time! Whilst his wife and mother in law got the bags and waited, i suppose he shouldn’t have worn what he did but at the same time talk about typecasting someone!

Aneway as I finally left the crossing departure point, someone was waiting for me with a sign with my name and a sick car, so off we went to Jersulam i thought i had missed Friday prayer (the main purpose behind my trip but turned out i was lucky Thank God, as i made it just in time! I was so happy, and felt really blessed as it was the whole point of what I went for...

Aneway im feeling tired so I will write the next part later...