Bedouin Moon Village Aqaba

... Taucherbrille anzupassen stoße ich trotz aller Vorsicht mit dem Knie gegen die Korallen. Die kleinen Fleischwunden sind nicht weiter schlimm, aber die Korallen verpassen einem einen unangenehmen Ausschlag. Danach war mir die Lust am Schnorcheln vergangen... Am späten Nachmittag versuchen wir in Aqaba einzukaufen (Steuerfrei). Leider sind die Shopping Malls nach amerikanischem Vorbild nicht was man erwartet. Die meisten Geschäfte sind eh schon pleite und zu und alle anderen ...

... in the evening our guide told us about the local tipping coverage and offered to collect a larger fee to pay for more meals down the line so we wouldn't have to worry about it. Most of us were cool with it and paid about 74 dinars to cover it. I guess a few people were upset and someone ended up complaining to GAP and got him in trouble. Later on in the trip he offered us all 20 dinar for meals as a result but since it probably came out of his ...

... I had to tread very carefully. Another ice-cream in the afternoon by the pool and the manger chatted to me asking what was wrong with my husband as he never comes out of the room!! Anyway he did long enough for us to arrange a trip to Wadi Rum tomorrow which included an overnight in the desert in a Bedouin tent before we got the bus to Petra. So we were on our way tomorrow. This afternoon we watched Braveheart an extremely long Mel Gibson movie which ...

It was very 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. There were pictures of there kings EVERYWHERE!!!! And the language is soooo funny its really fast and guttural. When we got through our cab driver was really ...

... Els companys del tour (americans, japonesos, txecs, yemenis i australians) tambe son molt macos 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 includes a 4WD tour around the desert and a one night ...

... first breakdown: one of the vehicles stopped with a broken cambelt, what a bummer, turns out the belt was new but the tensioner not done up tight, so Thiemo had his first mechanical job and should be finished by lunchtime today. Then we will finally be on the road to Petra, where we will stay in a hotel for two nights. Will be in touch again from there. Cheers, Hans and Jenny.

... a lift to the highway with a Bedouin man in an old Mercedes car, who told us the village had been nicer in years gone by, but with the increase in tourists, the government had decided to cash in and were controlling the majority of the tours. He was critical of their involvement, saying they weren't Bedouin, so knew nothing about the desert. I obviously can't judge, but to my mind it would take an awful lot to spoil so vast and un-tameable an area as Wadi Rum.

... on guard once I realized that the ones there to help me where the ones that made me feel the worst. <br><br>After arriving in Jordan, the next day we all shared a bus to Wadi Rum, the most amazing desert landscapes in southwestern Jordan you've ever seen (in Jordan, or anywhere else.). Charlotte and Ken were a tad rushed for time, so they decided to do an overnight in the desert and then haul out of there the next day. Andrew, Joe, and Nick wanted 3 ...

... his face wizened from a lifetime in the desert. Despite his age, he could sit cross-legged on his mat with more grace than we could muster. His head covered with a red-and-white-checkered scarf, he sang and played a rababah. The simple guitar-like instrument had an H-shaped sound box made of animal skin stretched tautly over two pieces of wood that curved in toward the middle. One hand held the handle at the top, while the other drew a simple ...

... best-est friend but the relationship didn't get off on the sturdiest of footing. Our first look at anything Jordanian (apart from the straight-from-Estonia ferry itself, complete with posters of Tallinn's gorgeous Old Town) was the shoddy arrivals hall in Aqaba ferry terminal (come on guys... you don't have to try too hard to top the Egyptians but still, make an effort at least). The customs guys, once they eventually decided to man their posts, seemed totally indifferent ...