Today I went snorkeling with a guy named Santre whom I met at the hostel the night before. We snorkeled at a coral reef nature reserve where coral could be easily seen without swimming very far from the shore and the water was clear enough to see to the bottom from the surface. Scuba divers had the advantage of getting closer to the coral however even with the cheap snorkeling gear we rented, the coral felt like it was within arms reach.
Later that evening while hanging out at the hostel trying to figure out what to do that evening, we met to other hostelers also from Jerusalem, one who was born in Israel and the other was studying at a seminary. The four of us decided to have dinner together which turned into quite an adventure since both of them are Orthodox Jews. Turns out a number of restaurants which are not kosher actually have signs that say “We Are Not Kosher”. After walking up and down the boardwalk for a kosher restaurant they recalled a Burger Bar located at the beginning of the boardwalk which was kosher.