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Masada - desert fortress with a dramatic history

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Our second stop on our road trip from Eilat in Israel was Masada. This ancient fortress sits on an almost 400 metre high mountain in the Negev Desert, not far from the Dead Sea. As well as being an impressive structure, the fortress has a dramatic history that makes your stomach churn.

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Road trip to the Dead Sea

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Yesterday we set off on a road trip by rental car, starting in Eilat in southern Israel. Our first destination was the Dead Sea and then we continued to Masada and Jerusalem. Today we tell you about the first stop on the road trip, the Dead Sea.

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Watch dolphins in Eilat at Dolphin Reef

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If you want to see dolphins in Eilat, you should definitely take a trip to Dolphin Reef, located on the coast just outside Eilat. We visited here yesterday, and in addition to seeing a whole bunch of beautiful dolphins, we had a relaxing day in incredibly green and beautiful surroundings.

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Underwater Observatory in Eilat - a world below the surface

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Yesterday we visited the Underwater Observatory in Eilat, Israel. To begin with, this is a park with several large aquariums and pools with fish and turtles. But the most fascinating thing is the underwater tower, where you can go deep under the surface and experience the underworld of the Red Sea through lots of big windows. Fascinating!

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Flying to Eilat in Israel

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SAS has recently opened a direct route from Stockholm to Eilat in Israel, making it possible to fly to Eilat with no changes in just under five hours. We flew yesterday at 10:00 in the morning and landed at the airport outside Eilat (Ovda) at four in the afternoon local time. Then it took about an hour by bus to get to Eilat.

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Christmas celebrations and hacker attacks

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As some readers probably noticed, our blog was down yesterday. We were exposed to a hacker attack! Now the problems have been solved and it is perfect to celebrate this on a "Happy Friday", even if today's post is published. little later than usual. And we have celebrated Christmas, we have to tell you about that too!

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Motorhome and travel year 2017

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The year is coming to an end, and we feel it's time for a little year-end recap. We can conclude that in 2017 we have visited twelve different countries and tried a number of different adventures. New for this year are diving, climbing, mountain biking, helicopter rides and sailing school ships. What a year! Now we're looking forward to an exciting new 2018, where we hope to inspire you to have small and big experiences. We hope you'll join us!

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Better travel tips on FREEDOMtravel - What do you think?

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What do you do during the Christmas and festive season? Hopefully, you're eating Christmas cookies, spending time with your family, watching good TV shows, or whatever else you want to do. We've certainly done some of that, but mostly we're working on improving the blog. We are working and working... and now we hope you will help us and tell us what you think!

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New Year's resolutions, holiday worries and northern lights

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Today we talk about Swedes' New Year's resolutions for the coming year, their biggest holiday worries and Norway's focus on aurora tourism. Among other things. We usually run travel news on Mondays, but since we have zero control over the days of the week right now, it happens to be a Tuesday this week. Time for the last FREEDOMtravel News of the year!

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10 things you didn't know about Christmas

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Today is Christmas Eve, and we're taking the opportunity to present 10 things you didn't know about Christmas - or that you perhaps didn't know about Christmas. A few days ago we wrote a post about Christmas traditions and about why we do what we do, and we came across so much interesting information that there will be another post. Anything new or unexpected for you? Or maybe you have some other interesting information about Christmas to share?

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