Yam L'Yam

Yam L'Yam

Yam L’Yam was certainly a trip we won’t forget. On the first day of Yam L’Yam, our Passover host families drove us to our pick up places to get picked up by the bus. There were two buses and luckily, I was on the bus that actually made it to our destination on time. Once we got to our destination, we met our tour guide that we would have for the week and ate lunch. After lunch, we started our first hike. It was a water hike, and for most of it, we were a little higher than knee deep in the water (at least for us under 6ft tall). A few of us fell in, but luckily none of us got hurt. I stayed up front with the tour guide and had a nice conversation with him, even though he seemed a little annoyed by all of my questions. We soon got to an open spot right before it got to the deep water. Nemo, our tour guide, had us stop and all stand in a circle. He them proceeded to get out a water bottle and told us that we would take water from the Kineret and bring it all the way with us to Mediterranean to release it. After that we took the bus up to our first campsite. Our first campsite was nice, with facilities. We got all of our supplies and learned about what would be happening during the week. After that, we had a campfire and ate dinner. 

The next day, we woke up at 6 am and started on our way. We walked a nice trail until we got to our site for breakfast. After that, we were told we would be walking with our groups, which we had assigned for lunch. My group was group number 1, the “V-Jenna-terians” and Nate.  We hiked upwards on a hard, long hard. My group was very supportive and we never separated from each other. Come lunch time, I couldn’t go on and went back, but the rest of people went on with the hike. Our campsite was filled with people, and we all had tents. On that night, we were taken on a night hike, where Nemo took us and had us each go off and sit on our own and reflect on our lives, and of course, watch the stars. 

The next morning, we woke up a little later and started our hike. It was nice and shady, with a lot of cows around. When we got to breakfast, our group, like others, decided to make apples with caramel and cinnamon. After that, we continued on just in our groups, playing games and walking along. Once again the last group, we made it to the lunch site (due to the fact we waited for our group) and made fried rice, and saw a herd of goats come along and terrify us at first. The rest of the day was nice, and we got to the campsite. 

I didn’t go the next day, but from what I hear, it was a nice water hike that a lot of people fell in the water on. At the campsite, it was a nice change from the prickly land the night before, and had a cute little ice-cream truck. 

On our last day, we had the option to either bike or take the bus. I took the bus along with some of the other girls, and we arrived at the beach early. It was beautiful, and Evelyn and I took the time there to explore on the rocks and take pictures. In all, Yam L’Yam was certainly an interesting experience to have in our lives.  

What was your favorite part of this tiyul?