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Day 21 - Diving in the Red Sea
... spread. Roast chicken and potatoes, a carrot and squash bake with cinnamon, salads, hummus, tsatsiki and pita breads. Excellent lunch. We then headed back to the shore and got back just after 4. It was a great day of sun, sea and appreciating God's amazing creation. We both felt very spoilt to have snuck in an unplanned Red Sea experience. Tonight we plan to dine somewhere offering Jordanian fare and then get a big sleep in so we have our best walking legs ready for Petra ...
Storm!
... moment een pick-up aangereden om iemand daar op te halen. De bestuurder kon wat engels en hij wilde onze host, Mohammad Sabah, wel even bellen. (Iedereen kent hem wel) Er werd wat geregeld en we konden mee met een volgende pick-up. Bij de locale politiepost werden we afgezet, waar een zoon Mohammed (wat pas later duidelijk werd) ons kwam oppikken. Je moet je voorstellen dat alles heel chaotisch gebeurt. Iedereen wilt wat van je, praten daarna ...
Hospitality
... off the pain. Sure, it was a bit of an expensive affair, but for the sake of having the wound properly cleaned and wrapped, necessary. Being the one non-Arab patient around also led to a bunch of curious stares, mostly from little kids...
At my request to just slow down, we extended our stay in Aqaba by an extra night, despite doing absolutely nothing there but watch movies on my laptop. (Our hotel room was a bit of a ...
Aqaba, Jordan
... the only group aware of Petra until Europeans rediscovered it just two centuries ago. In 1812, the Swiss explorer Johannes Burkhardt, disguised as an Arab scholar, convinced a Bedouin guide to help him infiltrate the lost city.
Our tour began with a picturesque two-hour drive on the Desert Highway or Southern Highway through the arid desert to Petra. Shortly after leaving Aqaba, we could see the area where ...
How many camels to make you happy?
From Israel, Jenstar & I made our way to the "Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan" (I just call it Jordan too). For the first few days, we based ourselves in Amman & our days took on a familiar pattern. I'd spend mornings at the Lebanese embassy trying to sort out my visa (for various reasons, I ended up going 3 times & then a 4th to collect) while Jenstar would go for a run & then get breakfast ready (yip, legend) ... as often happens when you spend some ...