Crusader Port Jaffa

Jaffa Marina

Day 7 Saturday

On one level, we could have been at the Jersey Shore. We went for breakfast on the boardwalk and there were kids and families milling about biking and eating and enjoying their “Sunday” morning.

Then a Loooonng walk to find the laundromat but that’s where you meet all the fellow travelers :), lady from Toronto here for a family wedding, young college students from Florida and State College backpacking through.

Back to the hostel to find some cool air and relief from the sun. We have been so busy busy busy that everyone needed a day to relax, catch up with naps and family Skype chats.

Our biggest tourist adventure was finding and learning how to rent bikes from the green bike share and biking down to old port city of Jaffa. Some of the buildings had crusader flags on them and the buildings themselves looked like they could have been from that time period, but the marina was filled with very modern boats! In between Old Port of Jaffa and “Jersey Shore” was the high life of “Cancun.” Big huge highrise hotels with private beach areas, people, bikers, and music …”the good life” all about.

It was good to get back to the hostel for a quiet evening while the “youngsters” went out on the town.