![]() | The walkway from the security checkpoint up to the top of Temple Mount. |
![]() | Jonathan explaining the history of the Al Aksa Mosque. |
![]() | The steps up to the Dome of the Rock. |
![]() | Another view of the Dome of the Rock. |
![]() | A view across the valley to the Orthodox church on the Mount of Olives. |
![]() | The Dome of the Rock again. It's the most visible building in Jerusalem. |
![]() | Another view across the valley to the Orthodox church on the Mount of Olives. |
![]() | The Orthodox church again. |
![]() | In the distance, ceremonial washing facilities around the Dome of the Rock. |
![]() | A ticket office juxtaposed with the Dome of the Rock. |
![]() | A street in the Old City, down the hill from Temple Mount. |
![]() | We stopped for a cup of tea and some biscuits in a café that was well below street level. |
![]() | The Western Wall of the old Temple. One is expected to cover one's head before approaching it. |
![]() | The ruined wall, just south of the Western Wall plaza. |
![]() | Some graffiti on the Palestinian side of a checkpoint. |
![]() | The entrance of the Church of the Nativity. It has been deliberately lowered. |
![]() | A shrine in the Church of the Nativity. |
![]() | The place where Christ was born. The 14-pointed star represents 14 sets of 3 generations in Christ's genealogy. |
![]() | The Orthodox section of the Church of the Nativity. |
![]() | St Catherine's Church, Bethlehem. |
![]() | One of the altars in a cave below St Catherine's Church, dedicated to St Jerome who traditionally worked on the Vulgate here. |
![]() | A minaret overlooking Manger Square. |
![]() | The enthusiastic salesman in a Bethlehem gift shop. |