Comments on: The Drawbacks of Working in the Golan Heights http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2009/05/26/the-drawbacks-of-working-in-the-golan-heights/ A World to Explore Mon, 13 May 2013 21:14:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Elyssa Belding http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2009/05/26/the-drawbacks-of-working-in-the-golan-heights/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Elyssa Belding Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:44:52 +0000 http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/?p=165#comment-31 Hi Professor Wilson! I just wanted to say that your pictures are amazing. I am sorry to hear that they wouldn’t let you see the Jurassic sites. Moshe couldn’t even get them to budge? The picture of the belemnite is really good. I see that your now in Russia. I hope that trip is going well for you too.

]]> By: Mark Wilson http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2009/05/26/the-drawbacks-of-working-in-the-golan-heights/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Mark Wilson Wed, 27 May 2009 04:51:52 +0000 http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/?p=165#comment-16 It is good that most public signs are in English, Arabic and Hebrew — especially those like “Danger of Death”! I’ve had little trouble communicating, mainly because when I start in very broken Hebrew I’m immediately answered in English (fortunately!).

We sent the oldest member of our party, Moshe Goldberg, to negotiate with the Army at the guardpost. We figured since he was a member of the Palmach (the first Israeli Defense Force) and fought in the War of Liberation (1948), the Suez Crisis (1956) the Six-Day War (1967) and the Yom Kippur War (1973), that he would at least gather some sentiment! But like militaries everywhere, the bureaucracy won. (“Come back next year with the proper papers.”)

]]> By: Meagen Pollock http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2009/05/26/the-drawbacks-of-working-in-the-golan-heights/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Meagen Pollock Tue, 26 May 2009 20:16:00 +0000 http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/?p=165#comment-15 It’s nice of them to translate the warning sign into English. In general, how easy is it for you to communicate with the locals? Was your “long conversation with the commanding officer” in English?

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