Photos — Bike Palestine Adventure cycle tour in Palestine, Middle East, great hotels and first class support

The fabulous Mar Saba Monastery. We reach it after a walk through the Jerusalem Wilderness desert

Hisham's Palace in Jericho

The nice thing about hills. Half of them are downhill

Seasoned Bike Palestine rider Chris Hughes. He's riden with us 5 times over the decades

Smiling faces

Love wins. It always does

Nadia (from America) meets a relative (in Palestine)

The cool of an olive grove

Leaving the bikes behind we head off for cross-desert walk to the Mar Saba Monastery

Bedouin shepherd

One of several Banksy's we see on our travels in Palestine

The Tree of Life, depicted in Hisham's Palace

Always happy to see us

Me on the bike coming up to Jericho

Lunch in Jericho. The restaurant on the Mount of Temptation

Just out of school. We pass the kids on the way to Sebastia

Let there be light. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

My son, Roman Snow. He's ridden with us three times.

Delicious

Desert bloom

On the road near Nabi Musa. The tomb of Moses

Bedouin boy

There's a hill coming up. We rest for water

The art of wearing a hijab

The Aida refugee camp near Bethlehem

The market in Ramallah

Life is sweet

One of many wonderful lunches. This one in Jerusalem

The spice shop in Nablus. A wonderful emporium

The Roman amphitheatre in Sebastia

Camels crossing...!

Kanafer in Nablus. The best in the World

All that glitters almost certainly is....

An ancient olive tree near Duma

As if they ever left....

Banksy. Humour as political statement

A dip in the pool of the Jericho Resort Hotel

A desert downhill

On a hill, looking towards the Jordan Valley

Ouch. Enjoying the pain in the Turkish baths in Nablus

The Turkish Bath (Hamman Al-Shifa) in Nablus

In the cool of evening, a smoke

Resting in a olive grove. Nidal passes around the water

The roads in Palestine are excellent!

The tomb of Yasser Arafat in Ramallah

Auto-baptism in the River Jordan at Christ's baptismal site

A desert highway

Glass blowing in Hebron

Looking down at the Mar Saba Monastery