I've decided to stop hiking the INT. Main reason being - my budget ended. I've covered 700km in 18 days, including ~80km in desert. Caching water in desert can cost 3000 NIS (450 LVL) if you are alone. And that's almost all the money I planned for the whole month. So I stopped while I still have some money left to explore rest of Israel.
I have mixed feelings about this - on one hand desert is really challenging, extremely beautiful and I do want to go through it. On the other hand, I will soon leave for India and I would rather spend more money there and as a bonus visit Jerusalem, Dead Sea, Tel Aviv in obtained time.
There will be more in-depth post about everything, but for now I will leave you with image of Makhtesh Katan (Small Crater) - the last thing I hiked through.
...un tad tu novērtēt, to, kas pie mums pieejams cik vien vēlies tikai pagriežot krānu...
Es vienaa vietaa nosleepu - ar taxi 9L uudens izmaksaaja 50 Ls. Garshiigaakais uudens ever
Dzivibas verts, tas usdens tuksnesi. Cena ari sanak kartiga.
Nu moins, 9L ūdens 50Ls ...
Holy..... fucking.... shit.... What a damn absurd price is that. Who could have expect that.
PS es taču teicu - iemācies dzert alu... :)