I haven’t been to the south of Israel. The port of Eilat is just few kilometerers from Aqaba – on the opposite side of the bay,
but it is quite different world. New-paved streets, white villas, elegant cars…
In the port there was no information, butwe got good city maps. I was walking from the port to the town (about 2 kms) and turned
uphill to the beginning of the road no 12.
There are two roads going from Eilat to the north: 90 and 12. Now I know that on the road 12 – going through the mountains close to the
Egyptian border the traffic is very little and no more then 2 buses per day.
But I wanted to see Red Canyon. Out of the town the scenery became great: bare mountains of different colors. I walked up about an hour
before Russian Jewish gave me a lift. Let you know that hitchhiking is poor here. Drivers are afraid to stop the car…
We were going long time along the solid border fence. Then I have to walk about 2 kms from the highway 12 to the moutch of the canyon.
It is very narrow. Bring your hiking boots, not sandals. Red Canyon is impressive but short: 500 m maybe and not deeper than 20 m.
It is like a miniature of the bigger canyons.
Hitchhiking back to Eilat was also difficult. Finally I returned to the town around 3 pm to enjoy the Eilat beach and the elegant corniche with
the world-class hotels. Eilat short waterfront reminds me Miami Beach!
