Al Zawaideh Desert Camp at Wadi Rum
Travel Blogs from Wadi Rum
In the footsteps of Lawrence of Arabia
I figured yesterday’s fabulous walk in Petra would be a hard act to follow, but that was before we arrived at Wadi Rum, the Valley of the High Mountains, south of Petra on the road to Aqaba. You may think you’ve never heard of the place, but if you saw the movie Lawrence of Arabia with Peter O’Toole, you have seen …
Aventura en el Desierto
El desierto de Wadi Rum se ubica al sur de Jordania, muy cerca del Mar Rojo, uno de los lugares mas seductores en Jordania. Se trata de un paisaje de extranyas formaciones rocosas ascendentes y descendentes, conocidas como jabals. Las montanyas de colores cambiantes con la luz del dia emergen de forma vertical de la llanura arenosa, donde Lawrence …
Becoming Lawrence of Arabia
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 they keep them just in case. The camp itself is much nicer than you would imagine. For my idea of …
Camping in the desert
Unfortunately, we don't quite make it to the Wadi Rum in time for sunset, although not for lack of trying. The van arrives around 4:30 and it's still light out, so things seem promising. But we soon learn that seeing the sunset is not a simple matter of walking into the desert. Instead, the horizon is blocked by hills. So we start climbing rock …