Coral Bay Aqaba
Aqaba Southern Coastal Road, PO Box 39 Aqaba, 77110, Jordan
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More Flashbacks from the 90's
... that as Aqaba was so big now I would need a taxi so I didn’t even think to check. Hmmmm…
We stayed at a hotel called the Golden Tulip. This eight story hotel is opposite the Hilton and Days Inn, and close to Pizza Hut and Burger King. The hotel reception had a parrot in a big cage which kept whistling, squawking and talking as people walked by. As we were waiting to get our room key I kept hearing a cat meowing. I kept looking around for the damn cat. Meow. ...
Nothings too far from Aqaba! (Lol!)
... best remembered for T E Lawrence who became better known as Lawrence of Arabia. He used to sign his name TE Lawrence (Lol). The locals thought he looked quite peculiar in the Arab attire and used to laugh out loud at him as he passed. Hence textspeak was invented, 65 years before the mobile phone!!!
Lawrence of Arabia helped Sharif Hussein Bin Ali, who is the great-great grandfather of the present King of Jordan, lead the Great Arab revolt in 1917 and defeated the ...
Day 31
... shop, got out & came back with Cokes for us & then bought me a postcard to remember him by. How nice!!
We came back to the ship just wanting a cold drink & a wash.
It was seating at leisure tonight at dinner & sat with two guys from NZ who were very nice & chatty.
The entertainment was a comedian and he was shocking.
I have just downloaded photos & now bed.
Clocks go back an hour again ...
The beautiful landscapes of Wadi Rum
... at. That was also nice.
In the evening, we got to the Bedouin camp where we were staying for the night just in time for sunset, which was great. There were only three other tourists there, so it was pretty quiet. One was a really nice German woman who was also kind of funny and good to chat with. We slept in a Bedouin tent but unfortunately it was just getting hot enough outside during the day for ...
Dead to Red: a mini epic
... in and float
there effortlessly. I couldn't wash off all the salt, which was
extremely uncomfortable once I started sweating, but on the up side, my
skin is now very smooth and exfoliated.
The run continued on and I did my first segment of running for 10 min.
as the 10th person in line. This was perfect because I was running
during the sunset which was almost as beautiful as sunrise in the
desert. The bus would go ahead about ...



