I understand the historical relevance and all of that but let me give you the tourist's experience. You start out descending into a shaft that very kindly and deceivingly has pads on the low archways. Walk about another 100 yards or so into the shaft until you reach the entrance point.
(Side story - There was a large group of old people in front of us, which would have made the trip incredibly worse, but our tour guide, Josh, got us by before entering the tunnel by giving them a quick 5-minute lecture in both Hebrew and English. That was awesome. Remember kids, knowledge is power).
Moving on, the tunnel itself is where the misery begins. The trek through involves a water level that varies between mid-calf and mid-thigh the entire 530 meters. The water itself is not that it just adds to the overall experience. The worst part is that at times, and some particularly long stretches, the tunnel gets to be about a foot and a half wide and 5 feet high. This doesn't seem that bad but when you are over 6' and this lasts for multiple minutes this begins to be a major pain in the neck, literally. Brandon and Dan can both attest to this. After about 25 minutes of crouched trudging, you finally reach the end of the tunnel.
Nevertheless, the fun continues. To get back to the top of the City of David, you have to climb a hill that couldn't have been any less than a 30 degree slope for about 5 minutes or so. What a fun experience. Alright, overall the trip was awesome. Yad Vashem (Holocaust museum), the promenade, and Jerusalem in general were some great places. I just needed to get that rant out and bury it. Hopefully we'll start finding some cool stuff so this blog can turn happy.
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