Wadi Rum, Jordan Travel Blogs

Peter O'Toole Can Kiss My Ass
Mar 21, 2005 (17 photos)

... a sham. We'd just gone around a bend in the road by the Dead Sea when our driver asked if we had accommodations in Wadi Rum. "Didn't Nasser organize this with you?" we asked. The man was clueless so we had him call Nasser who said that someone would be ...

The Colours of the Desert
Nov 18, 2005 (20 photos)

... from sleep about 5 am by the local mosque. There was general agreement from campers that they should hire a new singer. Wadi Rum (meaning "valley mountain") was made famous by the Arab Revolt and TE Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) early in the 20th ...

The land of Laurence of Arabia!
Jul 5, 2007 (36 photos)

... of Wadi Rum.  Check out Indian Jones and the Last Crusade or Laurence of Arabia to see the magnificent desert landscape of Wadi Rum.  It was insane on the scale of the Grand Canyon.  The owner of the camp was Mohammad.  There are many ...

Solace in the Arabian Desert
Apr 15, 2008 (10 photos)

... some dates, an orange, some bread, and some nuts, along with a liter of water. On the first day, I arrived at Wadi Rum, surrounded by massive sentinels of red sandstone emerging from a wide sandy desert valley.  Here, I decided to stay at the ...

Day 17: Eilat to Jordan, Bedouin Tent Experience
Jun 1, 2008 (6 photos)

... time and letting us know that it will be too hot for the hot air balloon ride we had scheduled for tomorrow morning over Wadi Rum.  I am a bit disappointed; I love to see broad landscapes and this one promised to be extraordinary at sunrise. Harvey ...

The Nuweiba debacle and the footprints of Lawrence
Apr 20, 2006

... TE Lawrence, who helped launch the Arab Revolt here in the early 20th century that drove the Ottoman Turks out of Jordan, Wadi Rum presents a stunning vista to any traveller lucky enough to venture this way. On the surface, forbidding and desolate, it is ...

Day 18: Wadi Rum, Petra by Candlelight
Jun 2, 2008 (6 photos)

... We are not sure how it is that the A&K man was guiding, since he clearly wasn't a Bedouin...maybe he couldn't go further into Wadi Rum?  Anyway, we continue on to meet our driver at 3:30 PM in the town of Wadi Rum.  At Defalah's home, there ...

Hitchhiking Nomads
Apr 26, 2008

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Wandering The Wadi..
Sep 17, 2006 (16 photos)

... feel like one of the family (which is good as we're missing our own) whenever you hangout with them. Wadi Rum certainly is a must see when in Jordan (see I told you the Jordan pods would get better). And I guess that wraps it up. Next pod, Petra ...

Mt Nebo, Madaba, Lawerence of Arabia's Wadi Rum
Nov 6, 2008 (14 photos)

... died and was believed to be buried on the mountain but no tomb has been identified. Naturally there were spectacular views across the Jordan Valley, Dead Sea and Jericho in Israel and we were told you can see the spires of Jerusalem but it was a bit hazy ...

Travel tip 11: when finding a place to stay ...
Sep 24, 2002

... is what I call funny! With no real plans except the plan to sleep another night under the stars - David, Catherine and I arrive at Wadi Rum expecting to bombarded with touts for certain trips. But no - quite relaxed in fact we had to go to the Vistors ...

Sunset Camp
Jul 18, 2008 (59 photos)

... that you had to arrange tours through the visitors center.  This basically stole business from the shop-owners and tour operators in Wadi Rum, since there really isn't a reason for big tour groups to go there.  This would be find except the tours ...

Wadi Rum
Sep 7, 2005 (5 photos)

... is quite amazing! We arrived here late this afternoon after spending 2 fun, exciting but exhausting days in the beautiful Jordanian Desert - Wadi Rum. On our first day, we took a bus from Petra at 6am and arrived into Wadi Rum just after 8am, our ...

Indiana Jones and T.E. Lawrence
Apr 7, 1998

... we were Westerners with a few blonde women, they decided to stay and guard us for the night. Morning came, and we drove off to Wadi Rum. Did the jeep experience, a huge let down, one that I refused to pay for, which the tourist police agreed with me, but ...

Wadi rum day from hell 5am start to catch a ...
Nov 27, 2000

... at, just a large brick wall which would have had a lean-to roof on top. We had to rush away from Wadi Rum to catch the ferry from Aqaba in Jordan tro Nuweiba in Egypt which was a shame as a couple of nights in the desert would have been great. The ...

Wadi Rum Cont'd
Nov 15, 2008 (5 photos)

... sleeping bag was shimmering. Went to the race track after a quick breakfast of bread, cheese and tea. By chance, we were in Wadi Rum on the day of the biggest camel race of the year. Camels arrived from both Jordan and the Emirates. Children used to ...

Wadi Rum
Nov 14, 2008 (2 photos)

Had a falafel sandwich for breakfast from Dream Restaurant in Madaba. It was alright. Came to Wadi Rum after 3.5 hours in Diana's car. Drank tea with some of Diana's friends who are ex-pats at separate organizations. Walked in the canyons and watched ...

Becoming Lawrence of Arabia
Aug 17, 2009 (43 photos)

After a short drive from Aqaba we arrived at Wadi Rum in the early evening at our Bedouin camp, Zawaideh, and got our tents that were composed of two to three cots and mosquito nets.  For being August, there weren't too many bugs around, but I am sure ...

Jordan
Dec 25, 2006 (21 photos)

Wadi Rum - 1 Day

Der Teufel ist Bedouine
May 3, 2009 (3 photos)

... Scheisse hier nicht am Laufen, koennte man meinen Aufenthalt hier gut und gerne als "perfekt" bezeichnen. Mit jedem Tag gefaellt mir Wadi Rum mehr. Der Sand hier hat verschiedene Farben: mal ist er ganz klassisch-weiss, und dann wird er ein paar Meter ...

Tenting in Wadi Rum
Dec 22, 2008 (4 photos)

Hey People I visited the desert in Wadi Rum and spent the night in a tent.  I froze what was left of my butt off.  My advice to you is not to sleep in a tent in the desert in the middle of winter.  The end. Take Care Teresa

Sleeping under the stars at wadi rum hi all ...
May 29, 2001 (4 photos)

... from me was a door slammed in his face, cannot trust the Jordanians! Spent the last couple of days on a 4WD trek in Wadi Rum with a Bedouin guide, the nomadic arabs have the best sense of humour. Wadi Rum was home to Lawrence of Arabia during the Arab ...

A night in the desert
Aug 13, 2009

Spent a night in the desert last night, in an area of Jordan called Wadi Rum. It easily stands out as the highlight of the trip so far. We had the chance to explore the desert by the day first, something that blew me away. I had not expected the area to be ...

El Lawrence and his captured Bedouin boy-concubine
Mar 21, 2007

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Ja, er lebt noch!
Apr 29, 2009 (4 photos)

... und ist in seiner Schoenheit schwer zu beschreiben - ich werde demnaechst mal die Bilder fuer sich sprechen lassen. Wadi Rum ist besonders beruehmt, da hier der britische Offizier T.E. Lawrence waehrend des 1. Weltkrieges die Arabische Revolte gegen die ...

We join the Bedouins
May 3, 2007 (16 photos)

Sean here.  If you've ever seen "Lawrence of Arabia", you've seen the Wadi Rum.  And while we're lacking the great soundtrack, everything else is pretty much exactly like what was in the movie.  Jeannie here.  I beg to differ, you ...

Little Petra - Wadi Rum
Jan 3, 2007 (30 photos)

... some Bedouins selling souvenirs. Some people choose to stay in Bedouins camps instead of hotels. That will be me if I return to Jordan. The trip to Wadi Rum was interesting - we stopped to play in the snow. Sue started a snow fight - she is so ...

Kerak Castle / Wadi Rum
Mar 17, 2007 (20 photos)

... bring head-mounted flashlights in the future!   Shivering, we dart back to the bus and continue southwards to the Wadi Rum region, whose magical landscape is also known as the "Valley of the Moon." Along the way we pass shepherds grazing their ...

Crossing into Jordan
Jun 19, 2008 (8 photos)

The desert

Walking in the Desert
Apr 23, 2009

... our tents. We started day 2 in the desert by hiking up a large Jebel where we could see the biggest mountain in Wadi Rum (about 1800 meters) half of which is in Saudi Arabi. The views from the top were spectacular and well worth the ...