Saturday 31 December 2011

Cairo 2010 part (1)

the view from the pyramids hotel of the three pyramids







































Nazareth, Israel

On one of my volunteering visits building the Base ball arena.s to the Baptist village  i got to visit one or two sights.http://www.thebaptistvillage.com/
Nazareth from the Pastors house
 This pastor built most of the village its said that Jesus played in this area as a child http://www.nazarethvillage.com/home.php
The pastor and his wife  the pastor worked as a welder and odd job man in the baptist camp  before he took over the church in Nazareth.

The Jesus boat  was recovered from lake Galilee   when the lake was as its lowest. its over 2000 years old and made from five different types of wood,

Church of the Hepaptegon  where Jesus fed the five thousand 
 http://www.sacred-destinations.com/israel/church-of-loaves-and-fishes











The old city tabernacle where Jesus prayed

Mathew one of the 12 disciples house


Lake Galilee
Lake Galilee where jesus drove the swine into the lake
The river Jordan where Jesus was baptised  today its where Christians from all over the world go to get Baptised


What remains of the Caesarea  water pipe line built by the romans  BC

this pipe line went from  Caesarea to Nazareth
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looking towards the snow peak on Mount Hebron

The office of the baptist village

Damascus gate  one of the Jerusalem 12 gates this one is opposite the road that leads to the Tomb Garden.
http://www.bibleplaces.com/oldcitygates.htm