Country Info
- Amman
- Capital
- Jordanian Dinar (JOD)
- Currency
- 5,153,378
- Population
- JO
- Country Code
Wadi Rum Slideshow
Wadi Rum
Travel Blogs from Wadi Rum, Jordan
A desert interlude
... up and saw the first bit of armed patrols but very casual. Good drive but lots of trucks. Turned off the Desert Highway to Wadi Rum and saw camels, goats and sheep along the road. We checked into Bait Ali which is run by an English woman named Susie. ...
The beautiful landscapes of Wadi Rum
Today we had an incredible day-long tour of a place called Wadi Rum. The pictures describe it better than we could, but it's basically an expansive desert with giant rocks springing out of it. It’s inhabited by Bedouins and many of them ...
Wadi Rum bum bum bum ( ole ole ole ole )
... in this landscape, unchanged for millenia, the camel caravans coming along the trade route from Saudi Arabia, through Jordan, up to Syria and beyond. Because Wadi Rum is now a protected area, tourists enter via a visitor centre and pay a fee. I'm sure ...
Weekend in Wadi Rum and Karak Castle
I'm going to keep this one relatively brief since I'll probably be writing an article for GCM on Wadi Rum this weekend. Friday morning we left for Karak Castle. (it's featured in the Golden Compass I'm told) It has to be the ...
So long Israel. Camping with the Bedouins
... sad to leave Israel. We have now arrived in a very foreign, exotic place ... and we're camping! Day 27 5/2/09 Wadi Rum, Jordan We make our way across the border. Passport control took a while but we lasted there were lots of people coming across. ...
Change of Plans...
... was fantastic for my last day exploring Petra. Did a bit of scrambling and some last tomb visits. I was wanting to visit Wadi Rum, another desert location, but it's REALLY a tourist trap/hassle to get out there... plus I'm not interesting ...
Wadi Rum pum pum pum
... done any real camping in the van, so Grandma and Grandad got Julian excused from school for a couple of days and headed south to Wadi Rum and Petra…just the two of us with 8 year old Julian. It was a wonderful trip, and another great opportunity ...
Desert de Wadi Rum en 4x4
... i fan que el dia resulti el doble d'agradable. ******************************************************************* Another must see in Jordan is Wadi Rum desert. I have contracted a tour at the hotel where I am staying in Petra that ...
Chasing Lawrence in the Wadi Rum
... to the Wadi Rum for 2 days. I booked this through a local Wadi Rum outfit based on the recommendation on www.jordanjubilee called Wadi Rum Mountain Guides. It was well worth the extra cost! We felt we really experienced the desert through the eyes of a ...
Serenity of the Desert
... and more wandering around the desert. If you want some peace and quiet I don’t think there is a better place to be than Wadi Rum. After another night I catch the bus out of Wadi Rum to the highway where I have to wait for ...
Jordan ... "Your Welcome".
... the desert. (Not sure why I wanted to, but I just felt the need to have the whole desert experience.) Anyway, as we approached Wadi Rum, the enormous red rock pillars seemed to take over the desert area. It was jaw dropping to catch my first glimpse of ...
The Arabian Desert in Wadi Rum
... 't bring it up, but it was a favorite of mine when in High School, and I wondered if the inspiration for the book wasn't Wadi Rum. Our first stop was at a place where ancient carvings were still visible on the sides of a mountain wall. They were ...
The desert; a new perspective
Up at 6am true local time as were lots of others, they were watching the sunrise we were off to catch a balloon. Collected by 4WD ute at 7.20 along with a French couple and had a real desert ride through to where the balloon was. Arrived to find it ...
Wadi Rum, Lawrence of Arabia's hangout
... the star spangled sky, resplendent without moon or artificial lights anywhere. Next morning, up before sunrise. I had learned that Wadi Rum has become a world class rock climbing area, complete with a climbing guide book. Inquiries located a climbing ...
Jordan Adventures - take # 2
... him in Petra the next day. Our 4WD sounds rather unhealthy. Our driver needs to fix something under the hood before we even leave Wadi Rum village. Entering the desert, we are blown away by its beauty. The fact that our truck needs to be fixed ...
Fiil Wadi
... une petite session aquatique ; l'ambiance un peu lourdingue de l'ensemble, le prix et surtout la possibilité de vite embarquer pour Wadi Rum, étape suivante, me poussèrent à fuir Aqaba sans grands regrets. Dans le minibus (15 places, les femmmes à ...
The Arabian Desert
... springs and vast sand dunes, brightly coloured red. We also climbed up large rock structures and eat with the Bedouin in the desert; Wadi Rum was made famous as the base of Laurence of Arabia, before his Arab revolt on Aqaba. The most amusing event during ...
Into the desert
... by a cord ( agal). Steve bought a head cloth later. They speak Bedawi and there are a variety of dialects throughout Jordan. Wadi Rum (وادي رم) means The Valley of the Moon and is made of ...
Lawrence of Arabia, Aqaba and Wadi Rum
... Desert Highway for approximately 30 kilometres, our van turn off onto a secondary highway and motored along for about 15 kilometres before reaching Wadi Rum. Now, if you are ever in this part of the Middle East and have your eyes set on seeing Petra, do ...
T E Larwance
... a 2l bottle of water is 16p in Egypt and 40p in Jordan! 44USD for the ferry over and 47 USD for a 4x4 day trip into Wadi rum National park, wow thats well over 1/2of my total weekly spend in Egypt! This switch has taught me an important lesson in what ...
Travelling around Wadi Rum
... actually live in the desert with the mother looking after the goats and the father the camels. As a result ended up seeing parts of Wadi Rum that you don't normally see on the tours. When talking to the father, heard a story about how he made ...
Wadi Rum
The next morning we left early to go 4WD in Wadi Rum. This is the desert area which Lawrence of Arabia spent time in. The desert was really amazing - very red in colour and had all these big rocky mountain like structures. It was quite flat aside from the ...
An Affair to Remember : Part I
... , the neighbour couple on a raucous family sitcom. No, in fact, they are just a pair of friendly Kiwis traveling between jobs. Wadi Rum also has a famous history in film, playing a starring role in Lawrence of Arabia (not to mention Lawrence's real life ...
In the desert
5 OCTOBER 2010 - Petra to Wadi Rum - Jordan. Happy Anniversary to us!!!! Up early for breakfast. We both are sick with flu and upset tummies. I have had sore feet (achilles) for months and so sleep deprived due to the heat. ...
A day and night in Wadi Rum
... water, backpacks...and let's hope not too bad in the cameras. Two months later, and I'm still finding the red sand of Wadi Rum. 8) There are a million more stars in the desert. Holy cow at the stars! 9) I'm not a camping girl. Sleeping in ...
Wadi Rum
Wow, Wadi Rum might just be one of the highlights of my trip. What an amazing, beautiful place, and after all the busloads of tourists at Petra it was good to get away. I arrived there at 8:30am after catching the early morning bus ...
The five and a half pillars of wisdom
... before setting off on our tour of the desert. Our utes arrived and we all piled into the back and started off. The landscape in Wadi Rum is really beautiful, and some experts believe that a few million years ago Wadi Rum was a sea and the water is what ...