Israel Building a National Bike Trail

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Friday, November 2. 2007

Israel Building a National Bike Trail

Count me in among the millions of Israel-lovers who will enjoy this should it actually happen:

The detailed planning of the Israel Bike Trail (IBT) is due to start within days. The 1,200 km. bicycling trail, from Mt. Hermon to Eilat - via Lake Kinneret, the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea - should be completed within two or three years.

The planners hope to turn the IBT into a magnet for bicycle tourism from around the world.

"There will be more than 12 days straight of desert cycling, with accommodations at the end of every day of riding from the Yatir Forest area to Eilat via Masada, the Dead Sea, the Makhteshim craters, Sde Boker and the Arava," says project director Hillel Zussman.

The possibilities for government to improve the lives of citizens, most at little cost, are limitless. Wouldn't it be nice if we elected people who were more concerned about us and less about themselves?

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