YK Tzeirei HaShluchim 5774: Swim, fly, and Jump (Eilat and back)

They woke us up at 4:45 am, and by 5:30 am we were packed and ready (choko in hand) to partake in the 3 hour journey to ...Eilat.

Parasailing in Eilat

We stopped about halfway between Chevron and Eilat to daven shachris and eat a quick yet delightful breakfast, and then continued back on our way. The trip may have been long (and loud, thank you Levi Raichek), but it was well worth it. We arrived in Eilat to see a yacht (fancy word for boat) that is pashut bigger than any house on my block, it was massive. We boarded the boat and began the most amazing boat ride of my life.

The boat itself was a 3 story masterpiece, equipped with a water slide, a Jacuzzi, and a master sound system. At the beginning of the ride they pulled over to a dolphin checkpoint (place to watch dolphins), then it was time to party. Groups were leaving the yacht to board the parasailing boat starting from before we even took off. The parasailing was lots of fun mixed in with a beautiful view of the yam suf, it was probably my favorite boat activity. Aside from the parasailing, there were boats pulling up to take guys banana boating and rafting. After we finished the water activities, we were met with a large order of pizza delivered to us from the pizza boat. We had some more time for a bit of boat chilling and relaxing, then it was time for the next part: Camels and the Ropes Course.

They split us into different groups for this part, half with camels and half with the ropes course. The camel part was nice and relaxing (and hot and at times painful), and all around traditional. We went around on a 30 minute tour of the local desert for a nice dose of camel loving, leg numbing fun. The ropes part was slightly more complicated than staying on a camel, but abundantly more rewarding. It was an extreme course with different levels for all types of climbers (I personally did the red level which is the highest just saying). Not only was there a ropes course, but there was also The Jump....

The Jump was basically an elevated platform about 100 feet high where we were given the opportunity to bungee jump. I have to admit that at first I was scared to go, but after seeing the מנהל פועל and the מנהל כללי consecutively jump I had no choice but to follow in their footsteps and take the jump. It wasn't even so bad actually, the hard part is the actual jump but once you take off it is really super fun. Towards the end of the camel/ropes course place we were given delicious goody bags with doritos, cookies, and Israeli goodness drinks. From Eilat we had a 2 hour drive to our final destination for the night: bed and bbq by mitzpe rimon.

They put us up by a pretty nice hostel in Mitzpe Rimon (according to my calcualtions it is 1,911 times better than the Gutnick Center). We put our stuff away, davened mariv, and went to the BBQ dinner experience. The food was hot and the bonfire was hotter. We sang some songs, shed some tears, and made our way to sleep. This will definitely go down as the most action packed day that I have ever experienced. It was nonstop fun from early in the morning until close to midnight. Now it's time to go to sleep and get ready for The Last Day.