BikeAbout Log

At 6:00 PM December 12, 1997
Sunrise (local): 6:31 a.m. Sunset (local): 4:39 p.m.	Weather 65°F
Traveled Since Yesterday 20 m / 32 km Cumulative 1496 mi / 2409 km	Lat: 31° 40' 37" N Lon: 37° 33' 55" E Elev: 0 ft / 0 m

Fast Facts

Where We Are: Ashqelon

Where We're Staying: Samson Gardens Hotel

Places We Visited: biking-only day — no visits, only another border crossing

Featured Site: Ancient Ashqelon

Person of the Day: Fish, andrEa's pet passenger fish

What We Ate:

Food of the Day: challah bread

Breakfast: cookies, tea, water

Lunch: a few more cookies and a bread snack

Dinner: pizza (again)

Olive Count: 1306

Word of the Day: "C'mon, man" , in colloquial Arabic, is commonly heard in Gaza.

Tech Fact of the Day: Exchange rates and paying in American dollars

Flat Count (Cumulative): 5

Broken Spoke Count (Cumulative): 20

Next Stop: Hebron (Palestine) for three of us,
and Tel Aviv (Israel) for one!

(Ethan is headed back to the United States a few days before our break to continue fundraising for BikeAbout from New York. Farewell and good luck, Ethan!)

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Itinerary/ Journal	Discussions	About Israel	eDscape Projects	Scrapbook

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