| July august heat was less heavier this
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| | special sealing bags threw giant garbage
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| year, so we packed up our courage, frozen
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| | bags to one-use nylon gloves for cellular
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| water bottles, sun protection cream and
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| | phone protection against the water.
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| on we go to the Yehudia - the most
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| | Crossing this little extreme park is not
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| wildest and beautiful of all the Golan
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| | as frightening as told by the older
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| streams, well known in its cool ponds,
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| | hikers apparently because that 20 years
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| ladders and iron steps needed to cross
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| | ago the ladder want here.
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| the stream canyon.
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| | After crossing the pool and getting our
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| We started from gush Dan area after
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| | gear out of the nylons we meet Dutch
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| visiting the local super market and
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| | tourist and join together for the trail
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| supplying with some pastry for the road.
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| | to lower Yehudia and the "paradise" pool.
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| On the way we picked up our friend
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| | The road to the paradise pool stretches
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| Michael that came from Jerusalem to hike
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| | to 3 kilometers and crosses the trail
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| with us.
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| | crossroad of green and red (the green go
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| The trail start in the Yehudia parking by
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| | back up to the Yehudia village) it pass
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| paying entrée fee to national parks
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| | threw magical pools that in any other
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| authority, and by the red marked trail to
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| | stream were first class attraction but in
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| the ruins of the Yehudia village.
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| | the lower Yehudia all hikers continue
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| In the village the trail splits to green
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| | directly to the paradise pool and they
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| trail that goes down to the lower Yehudia
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| | know why.
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| and red trail that continue to upper
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| | After the 3-kilometer trail and about 2
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| Yehudia (since the hike is one-way one
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| | liters of sweat we come to the decent to
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| can go from upper Yehudia to lower but
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| | paradise pool threw waterfall pouring
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| not vise versa).
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| | into it, happily on the waterfall side
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| The trail lead us east on the canyon edge
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| | small iron holdings are installed to ease
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| in the yellowish landscape of the summer,
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| | the climbing down and prevent slipping on
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| it is amazing how only 4 months ago this
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| | rocks.
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| area was decorated in all colors flowers,
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| | The pool as can be hinted by its name is
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| and how fast the summer painted all in
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| | a magical place of about 40 meters
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| yellow.
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| | diameter, to which flows water fall (from
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| After about one and half kilometers the
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| | which we got here) 4 meters high and on
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| trail go down in a series of basalt
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| | its north side up from the cliff hidden
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| stairs to the Yehudia waterfall where the
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| | spring pour its water to create
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| canyon hike starts.
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| | refreshing shower on the pool north bank.
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| At the bottom of the fall refreshing
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| | After refreshing in the pool and watching
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| surprise to the sweating hikers - clear
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| | the youths jumping from the cliffs to the
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| cool pond to which the fall flows, a
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| | pool, and of course Michael planning on
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| suitable place for resting swimming and
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| | the fishes (pretty big to admit the
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| of course breakfast.
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| | truth) we decide due to the heat to go
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| The pool is fill with fish and hungry
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| | back to the park threw the green trail
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| Michael imagines having them on the
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| | which we passed on our way here (this
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| grill, we remind him this is nature
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| | trail is less steep then this on the end
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| reservation and the tenants are not to be
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| | of lower Yehudia).
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| eaten.
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| | We go back to the trail crossing and
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| We continue on the trail about a
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| | start the accent threw the green trail
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| kilometer and half to the well-known
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| | leading to the Yehudia ruins in which we
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| Yehudia ladder. It is a 12-meter ladder
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| | started the hike at the morning. The
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| descending from steep waterfall directly
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| | accent is done on army routine - from
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| into narrow pool 20 meters long.
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| | tree shade to the next and drinking a lot
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| And more challenge awaits at the end of
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| | under each tree.
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| the pool, a small cliff from which we
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| | After the accent happy but tired we pass
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| descent using iron steps to another pool.
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| | threw the Yehudia village ruins, and pass
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| In front of the ladder queues of hikers
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| | the cows herding here - and only Michael
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| line up putting their equipment in nylons
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| | planning to grill them.
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| as best as they can improvise, from
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