Its many years since I’ve been to Eilat but I still have very fond memories of the modern Israel. I backpacked around Egypt and Israel and Eilat was my last port of call. As with all backpackers after three months of travelling I was broke, Eilat was a good place to find casual work. The thing that I loved about Eilat, which kept me there for quite some time, was the diving. I did my diving licence in the Red Sea, which was out of this world, its like diving in an aquarium. There I saw Rays, turtles and all shapes and sizes of aquatic life. Some of the fish come up to you for feeding and you can always tickle the clown fish when they try and suck your fingers. Within a matter of a week I was doing 40-meter dives and night dives that again is quite different as you see different fish in the evening. I stayed in a hostel called ‘the home’ which had quite a friendly atmosphere with backpackers from all the world drifting in and out. The hostel is situated just down the road from the infamous ‘Peace Café’ which is like a home from home as all the brits collect there of an evening. The cafes and restaurants are very varied and reasonably priced with food available twenty-four hours a day. But be warned you need a stomach of steel to eat in some of the local cafes. If you do go to Eilat you will enjoy the beaches are nice and the people friendly. If you drive over the zebra crossings there they were all painted by yours truly, paid the bills I guess.
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