Get some of the water in your eyes and believe me; you’ll think it was deadly too. You might even be tempted then to rub your eyes. If you do; good luck to ya. It frigging stings. This wasn’t really my finest moment. You do float well though.

We stayed in a 5* Holiday Inn on the Dead Sea which cost about £25 each. It gave us access to the Dead Sea with the weird mud cleansing thing, a number of pools and ridiculously good service. You simply couldn’t go wrong (with the exception of the price of beer at £8 for a bottle!)