Second part of the story of my bike ride through Israel and Jordan starts with me being in the lowest place on Earth and having a very long day ahead of me. Climbing on a bike tends to be difficult. Climbing in the scorching heat rarely makes it easier. Climbing through the sand is something I'm going to learn. Map created with Wanderlog , a road trip planner app on iOS and Android Through the sand towards the Red Sea This is how my path looks like. It's like this for many long hours, for many vertical meters. This is the most difficult day of the trip so far, even more difficult that climbing the Sugar Trail in the opposite direction. There's one more problem with climbing through the desert. It's water, or rather the lack thereof. I knew there's no water on the trail so I took more water than usual. More liquids than usual I should say, but I won't be delving into it now. I did find one source of water though - somewhere in the middle of the desert ...