I caught the train to Netanya, then a bus, and walked to head back to the Metzukey Yam beach.
The path continued along the beach until Beit Yannai
There was no beach at this point, but I managed to make it across the rocks
The trail followed the coast up until the Alexander river, which it then followed
Although at the point where it meets the sea it is quite narrow, it soon became quite wide
There was an old building (Hirbat Samar) from the Ottoman period with a great view
The park was mostly deserted, but had nice shade to walk in
After going under the rail line, the path soon went past a turtle reserve. It's hard to see in the photo, (and the visibility in the water was low), but you could see a few (large) turtles around.
After passing through an industrial area, there was a section through more sand dunes (again, difficult and hot!)
and then through a forest, until reaching the Hadera train station - I stopped just before for lunch.
The walk through Hadera was fairly uneventful - apart from some cows wandering around next to the shopping center
The path headed back towards the beach, and after a long shade-less section following a road, I reach the Hadera park, which looked quite pleasant and was busy.
The path crosses the Hadera river
and then goes around the giant power plant
The path then headed toward Sdot yam, with more dunes
Finally, we reached the Cesarea national park, I took a detour and walked through the national park. After leaving the park, along the beach were the remains of the aqueduct.
The path continued along the beach (which I again enjoyed without shoes) until reaching the village of Jisr A-Zarka
The path went through the village
until the underpass under road 2 (coastal road)
The path continued to follow the aqueduct and the Taninim river
The sun was setting soon, so it cooled down a bit and was quite pleasant to walk.
The path eventually went under the aqueduct
In the distance, you can see the start of the Mt. Carmel (which I will climb tomorrow).
I finished the day next to Binyamini (next to a protest sign against a road they want to build here).
I walked to the Binyamina train station - including past one house with a variety of chickens and cats, to get the train home
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