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Ariel Schalit / AP
American tourist Ella uses an iPad while riding a Wi-Fi-outfitted donkey led by her brother Aaron, in Kfar Kedem, a biblical reenactment park in the village of Hoshaya in the Galilee, northern Israel, on August 22, 2012.
Ariel Schalit / AP
American tourist Peter Scherr uses an iPad to send a photograph on August 22, 2012.
The Associated Press reports — Call it back to the future: an Israeli attraction meant to immerse tourists in a biblical experience has outfitted its donkeys with wireless routers.
At the historical park of Kfar Kedem, visitors dressed in biblical robes and headdresses ride donkeys through the rolling hills of the Galilee, learning how people lived in Old Testament times.
But they can also surf the web while touring the land of the Bible on one of the oldest forms of transportation. The device slung around the donkey's neck like a feedback is actually a Wi-Fi router.
The park's manager, Menachem Goldberg, said Wednesday he hopes the melding of old and new will connect the younger generation to ancient Galilee life — while allowing them to share, tweet and snap the experience instantly to friends.
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I find it interesting that the females in the photo have their heads covered - Many Muslim males and females cover their heads as a religious expression, and it seems like head-covering pre-dates Al-Islam!
I find it interesting that we can't ride a donkey in a park without our eyes glued to some sort of electronic device! How did they ride the donkeys in biblical times without them?
i thought that too.travel all the way there to play on a computer.