Israel's Negev Desert, With Sde Boker, Ein Yahav and Eilat Photo Gallery by big al at pbase.com

Israel's Negev Desert, With Sde Boker, Ein Yahav and Eilat

The Negev - mile after mile of beautiful desolation - comprises about two-thirds of Israel's land area. Almost unbelievably, however, it also produces the majority of Israel's fresh fruits and vegetables. Its farms include thousands of acres of greenhouses covered with plastic sheets and irrigated with pipes that dispense water one drop at a time. The pictures in this gallery include the Negev's desert scenery; as well as the cooperative farming community (moshav) of Ein Yahav in the Arava Valley; the desert home and gravesite of David Ben Gurion, Israel's first Prime Minister, in Sde Boker; the dramatic Ramon Crater; and a few random shots from Eilat.

Desert scenery	Jill in the Negev	Sam relaxing at Ein Yahav	Date palms at Ein Yahav
Acres of greenhouses at Ein Yahav	Greenhouses at Ein Yahav	Shlomit - one of farm owners at Ein Yahav	Highway through the Negev
Desolate but beautiful	Approaching the Ramon Crater	Looking down into the Ramon Crater from the rim	Ramon Crater visitor center
Jill at the Ramon Crater	Jill at the Ramon Crater	Entertainment outside of the Ramon Crater visitor center	An oryx from the herd that lives around the Ben Gurion grave site
Graves of David & Paula Ben Gurion	View from the Ben Gurion grave site	Ben Gurion grave site	Ben Gurion grave site
Living room of Ben Gurion's house at Sde Boker	David Ben Gurion's bedroom at Sde Boker	Paula Ben Gurion's bedroom	David Ben Gurion's desk at Sde Boker
Eilat: View from Our Hotel Balcony	Pool at the Neptune Hotel, Eilat	Checking in at the Neptune	Eilat: The boardwalk at night

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larry schwartz		03-Oct-2014 16:49
I volunteered at Sde Boker in the summer of 1968. Awoke at 3am every morning to pick peaches. Loved every minute of it. The glorious taste of these peaches have been unmatched in my experience and so I haven't had a peach since then. May the whole Negev flourish always. Larry

brett		11-Sep-2014 10:20
i was there 84-86 stopped at number 33 with the cobi-ben-yakov family met many good people there wonder what happened to them all

Liz		03-Apr-2012 01:53
Stumbled on this site and what great memories. I volunteered at Sde Boker in the summer of 1975...early mornings picking peaches, nectarines, olives and grading them out in the fields sweltering under canvas. In spare moments the kibbutz members would take us all on sight seeing trips packed on to the open peach lorries, sleeping on beaches. Those were the days. Loved it all.

JIMMY		30-Jan-2012 12:32
Moshav Ein yahav-as well as Idan 86-88 loved it, worked with khaholi family growing petunias

Ray Bennett		05-May-2011 11:59
W are living here now, May 5,2011 I worked here as a volunteer dentist back in the early '90's Gedon and Leah Ner and Gede and Dube (little bear) still here and working. the farmers have built over100 nice guest houses and enjoy some good business as hotels in Eilat are rather pricey. I am now 80 yrs and enjoy the quiet family way of life here. People are as a big family and we are well accepted and enjoy all the benefits of the Moshaav. Our favorite is the huge pool, Miriam, my wife loves to swim and from Coombabah Au. myself from Texas. WE lived in Jerusalem for over 5 years and have been relieved to get out of the press of over crowed city life. All the best, Ray and Miraim

Hans van Pel		22-Sep-2010 11:24
I stayed with de family of Gideon Dover in 1980 and had a great time picking "pilpellim". Always wanted to know what happened with them. Are they still at Ein Yahav? Can anybody tell me?

Anne		27-Apr-2010 08:53
Wow! I randomly came across this amazing website and it certainly brought back so many memories from the photos. I lived and work at Ein Yahav with Gideon's family from about October 1989 to May 1990. Worked so damn hard but also had a ball! I am now married with kids and I tell them how I drove a tractor - with a trailer and hundreds of boxes of freshly picked tomatoes. To this day, every time I look at a watermelon, I think about the process, not only of it growing, but having to set up the hundreds of metres of greenhouses and then dismantling them! I would love to go back there and have a look around. I still remember a farmer called Doobee (?) worked there. Life was never the same after going to Israel.

Tim		22-Apr-2010 11:05
1986 very long ago, hard working in the amazing desert with special people. I wonder if Meir Suissa is still aive

Gahl		22-Mar-2010 05:30
Wow, do I miss Israel and Ein Yahav now (I was on Otzma I 1986-1987)...remember taking a lunch break with our tuna sandwiches in the middle of the tomato picking, so we picked a tomato and put in the sandwich...I stayed with the amazing Cohen family-boy did that family (as I'm sure all the moshavim) work their buns off !!

Don Bullock		31-Dec-2009 03:24
I worked as a volunteer at Ein Yehav for about three months in 1978. I was doing the typical travel through Europe and the Middle East thing and ended up in the northern Arava. I lived with the Nir family. It was a wonderful time and I would love to go back again and see them all. The children are now all adults with children of their own I suppose. My best wishes for all.

Colleen Santana		15-Jul-2009 17:44
I was in Ein Yehav 89/90. The memories and adventure will never be forgotten. To this day everytime I bite into a pepper for a brief second I am back on the moshav. I think about the Rais family farm no 6 very very often and they are always close to my hearts. Shalom to Uri and Miepla xxxxxxxx and of cause naughty Orin who taught me to swear in hebrew.

Philip		08-Jun-2009 19:53
Moshav Ein yahav- My first time in Israel( 1990).The most beautiful,carefree, fun time of my life. Worked for the Klein's. Amazing people.Often wonder whether Giddy is still alive ? My first time on a tractor,the smell of those sweet mellons and intocsicated desserty nights ! Wish i was there !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gary		14-May-2009 23:04
me and girlfriend were there in 89-90,great adventure,we trvales around israel then on to dahab,it didnt look anything like it does now,stayed there for a while then onto cairo...stayed there for about 1& half months...got disentry and came home.we were going to go back to work at ein yahav then go back to dahab,but we still enjoyed every min. of it.my grilfrieng and i are now man and wife............peace

Devanir		16-Sep-2008 21:52
So nice to see the imagen of the moshav once again. I´ve been there around ´84 when I had the opportunity to work with "Yankally(?)" with the Dates and "Tsivika & Yelite" on others cultures (don´t know how to write their name, sorry). Great hug to the people of Ein Yahav and all Israel...

Charles Matheson		08-Jan-2008 16:08
enjoyed your ictures of Ein Yahav I was there in 84 at the Moshav and loved it. Your pictures brought back some good memories of my time in Israel. Charlie

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