The outdoor gym (and the walk back home)

Eilat is truly an amazing place! Within easy walking distance from our apartment are not one but TWO free outdoor workout areas!

The one in these pictures (a 20-minute walk away) is slightly further than the other one, but it has more machines. It's located right next to דרך הרים Harim Road, which skirts around the edge of town. This first picture shows an overview of the gym, with the hills of Eilat in the background:

In this second picture, you can see the machines on the north side (that's David sitting there on the bench):

In this picture, you can see the machines on the south side:

Here's a closer view of a couple of the machines (with others in the background, of course):

The walk to and from the gym is beautiful, too. Here's a view from the bridge over נחל שחמון nakhal shakhamon ("Shakhamon Wadi"), looking up the wadi. Notice the lovely varied colors of the very dry hills.

Here's a view the other direction, looking down the wadi at the Gulf of Eilat, the Aqaba port on the other side, and the Mountains of Edom behind it:

Here's a view taken from the south end of the bridge. In it, you can see the northern end of the Gulf, the luxury hotels in Eilat, most of the city of Aqaba (in Jordan), and more of the Mountains of Edom behind it:

This picture was taken from the same spot as the last. It shows 5 of the 6 very tall apartment buildings located at the north end of the Shakhamon neighborhood (our neighborhood). These are located next to Harim Road and the big traffic circle from which Highway 12 goes up out of town and into the Eilat Mountains.

Finally, here's the view looking down our street (עין יהב Ein Yahav) from Harim Road towards the Gulf:

Eilat is not only warm and sunny, but also beautiful and very well-planned. We love it here!