haha yeah it was a very strange feeling! I might go to Isreal this fall!

Yeah I would definitely recommend it, if you think you’re liable to fall in! I was actually being really careful, but then someone near me splashed :/

oh man, that must have been horrible! if someone is really clumsy and thinks they’ll fall in, they can wear swimming goggles hahaah

And yeah, it does burn. I got some in my eyes. I’ll never forget that, as long as I live :'(

Thanks for another great post. Your warnings that the water will burn your eyes and that you should fall backwards is sound advice. However, most people (if I can indeed generalise from my own experience) do not expect to start drifting as they wade into the water, and as you start loosing secure footing, falling forwards is “natural”. And, as you stumble forwards, you “naturally” start splashing to prevent falling face first into the water. Of course, splashing means you do get some water into your eyes, and it does burn horribly. However, this burning is nothing compared to the looks of disgust you get from those who were peacefully drifting around you – and into whose eyes you are also now splashing water.., Perhaps one should consider walking backwards when first entering this Sea. And when you do fall backwards, don’t splash. You will drift ‘on top of’ the water, rather than in it. It’s indeed a magical feeling!