We tried to catch the bus to Meron, but at 2 separate bus stops there were hundreds of people waiting around and no buses. So I offered to drive and everyone paid 40 shek's each. worked out well.
Schedule – Lag B'Omer – Meron - Amirim
4.00pm-6.00pm Had special pre-lag b'omer shloof
8.00pm-12.00pm Lag B'Omer bonfires in Gan Sacher for Mayanot Shule and Sulam Yaakov Yeshiva
12.45am left home in van to pickup friends
1.00am picked up friends, drove to Kikar Belz to catch bus to Meron
1.10am arrived at first bus stop for Meron – hundreds of people, no buses
1.20am arrived at second bus stop Meron – hundreds of people, no buses
1.30am decided to drive by ourselves to Meron (full car of 9 people)
3.30am Pit Stop on Kvish 6
4.30am Arrived in Meron 'area'
5.00am Parked behind Meron in SifSuf
5.15am Caught Shuttle to front gate of Meron
5.20am Arrived at front gate of Meron
5.30am Started Shacharit (amud hashachar) – outside the front of kever
5.45am Neitz
6.15am Finished shacharit
6.30am 'Dived' into kever - bracha
6.45am 'Swam' out of kever
7.00am Listened to Kriya in Bet Knesset beside Kever
7.15am Ate a little out the back beside the forest.
7.30am went into kever of Hillel HaZaken - bracha
7.45am danced a hora with bunch of chareidim
7.55am waited at front gate for friends
8.05am caught shuttle back to car park
8.15am arrived in car park at SifSuf
8.20am departed for Jerusalem
10.00am pit stop on kvish 6
11.30am arrived back in Jerusalem
12.00pm went to bed (didn't sleep)
3.00pm got back in car with family and drove to Amirim (next to Meron)
10.30pm Fell asleep after almost 30 hours…
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