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Insightful and educational. Great trip leader, thank you Suresh, and the pre trip to Sri Lanka was equally amazing, thanks to our trip leader there, Janaka.

This is a tour which provides a very rich historical, cultural, religious, political experience. To be able to visit the land which has a history of existence and human life from the very beginning thousands of years ago makes one feels in awe and humbled. The visits to City of David, the caves, the Dead sea, Sea of Galilee, the Judean Desert, Masada, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, all brought biblical history to life. Then there were opportunities to converse with people from different ethnic, religious backgrounds which were most interesting and revealing of the current state of this culturally diverse country. People of Jewish ethnicity and Palestinian ethnicity; people of different religious affiliations (i.e. Orthodox, Muslims, Christians, Bahia, Druze....) all find a way to live and work together peacefully and respectfully despite of the political differences and conflicts. It is truly amazing! We also had a excellent guide, Uri, who is full of knowledge and experience. We have learned so much from him about his country. He ensures we get to experience not just the different attractions, but also hear from people of different ethnic and religious affiliations, so that we can have a taste of the diversity of his country. Our tour was organized and even though there were a few unexpected "hiccups", we felt we were in good hands all the time. Thank you, Uri!

Excellent pace. Liked all activities. Minimum shopping but enough time to shop. Good quality meals.

Wonderful fellow travelers and fantastic tour leader. Too many great experiences to detail including the overnight houseboat adventure and Mumbai's "laundromat".

It was a marvelous exciting trip. Our trip leader Mohamed was knowledgeable, thoughtful and kind. He went out of his way to insure our needs and desires to the extent possible were meet. His demeanor helped to insure our group functioned well and and that we developed a sense of family..