Golden Tulip Kingsway Wadi Musa

... ones) and we gave them lollipops. A good trade for both of us.
I even got my henna tattoo from a bedouin girl. She was cool to talk to. Her English was great. I learned a few things from her about their customs and she wrote my name in Arabic on my hand in henna. I did learn that 'Michelle' is a boy's name in Arabic.
Walking back up was a little exhausting so after about 1.5 km we were able to rent the horses the rest of the way up. That ...

... on that. It was pretty incredible. At night we could see the lights of sea side cities in Saudi Arabia. When we stayed on the coast of the red sea in Egypt we stayed in a beach camp and everyone had their own little beach hut-very very basic.It just had a mattress with a mosquito net over it and that was it. It was enough though. There were communal bathrooms which were nice and the toilets were western style thank god. That's all i ask ...

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We kookten heerlijk Bedouineneten op het kampvuur en ontmoetten de nachtwaker, die zomaar uit het niets opdook. Ook Mario de wilde woestijnkat kwam langs, en bleek voor een stukje kip toch wel erg aaibaar te zijn. Net een normale kat, maar dan een drie keer zo groot hoofd..

Nona miste wel wat voorzieningen, maar ik vond het eigenlijk wel koel, op de ontbrekende toilettaire luxes na dan.. En het feit dat Atallah steeds bovenop me rolde.. 's ...

... laden sandstone.

On our first day in Petra we headed straight for the Al-Deir (Monastery), past all the other sights, to try and get to the top before the heat. Up a winding path carved out of the rock itself for a good 45 minutes. We started to get worried after half an hour when we had seen no other people or any signs, maybe we were going the wrong way, but before long we had made it to the top. In our opinion one of the most impressive ...

... les souvenirs ne rentrent même pas chez eux la nuit et dorment dans les grottes. Cela m'a permit de me balader un peu partout et de faire de belles randonnées dans les canyons environnants qui ne dépassent pas à certains endroits le mètre de largeur pour des dizaines de mètres de hauteur. La chaleur est écrasante la journée, et c'est le meilleur moment que choisissent les troupeaux de touristes pour arriver. Nous étions seulement une poign ...

... make your way through there is an anticipation...the treasury is on its way. This is something you see in travel books on travel shows and hear stories about. then you see it as it peeks through the rock...a glimpse of the intricate columns carved into the rock...you only get a peek as it draws you in closer...you step in and see more and it is glorious. there rising up in the mountain ahead of you it lies. A massive carving of a ...

... Schatz darin, sondern ist ein Grabmal aus dem 1. Jahrhundert. Folgt man dem Weg weiter, kommt man erst in die Fassadenstrasse mit weiteren Graebern, dann vorbei an einem Amphitheater, das witzigerweise NICHT von den Roemern, sondern schon davor von den Nabataeern selber errichtet wurde. Es hat Platz fuer 7000 Leute, darf aber aus unerklaerlichen Gruenden nicht betreten werden (hat viele aber auch nicht gekuemmert). Vorbei an der Saeulenstrasse kommt ...

... to 13 hours without water or food. Now the horses look really great. The director feels like they have done a good job with the riding horses (mostly Arabian) and donkeys and now they need to focus on the carriage horses. This clinic has ordered the design of a better fitting carriages and they are trying them out now. They ware working with young drivers on animal ethics and humane treatment of their carriage horses. It was great to visit this clinic.

... is that this only encourages them to beg. Far better to donate to a local school or charity instead. But in this case we gave in, and soon regretted it! Here was this spectacular ancient religious site with people quietly admiring it's magnificence and now there was this little ragamuffin hawker blowing a loud whistle over and over again! We quickly left, to the shrill sounds of the whistle, wondering how long it would be before someone intervened and took it away from her.

... they're very proud.

Hiked up another mountain which was tough going. Shouldn't have done it when it was fairly hot. More enjoyable than Mt Sinai, maybe because I'm going at my own pace and can stop and take in the view if I want to. Saw some other monuments and structures which were very cool before I headed back down the mountain which also had great views over towards Israel. Once down I had to head uphill for an hour's walk back to the main entrance, where I got ...