Marina Plaza Hotel Aqaba
, Tala Bay Aqaba, Jordan
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Wadi Rum camp
... the whole trip - even breakfasts in Uzbeckistan and Turkey.
The landscape was fantastic, huge 'mountains' of rocks protruding hundreds of metres from the desert which was once the floor of the sea. Many of them looked like a stack of pancakes with maple syrup dripping down them. Very little vegetation in this desert, just some small clumps of bushes not more than a metre high that the wild camels grazed on. They look majestic loping along in such ...
More Flashbacks from the 90's
... many Egyptians could afford this.
We took the fast ferry as it seemed crazy to go through all the hassle of driving 6km to the port, at midnight to take a slower ferry to Nuwebia. However, the fast ferry was out of commission for maintenance, so we were sent to a different office to take a different fast ferry that was also operated by AB Maritime (we were confused why we couldn’t book it from the same office). The new office was another ten minutes walk from the ...
Nothings too far from Aqaba! (Lol!)
... mint. As I was offered the tea, I was expecting the Bedouin to ask me if I wanted one hump or two!!! As it turned out, the tea was already sweetened. We were also told that the Bedouin’s did not expect payment for this hospitality but in return just browse at what they were selling!!
The opportunity arose to have a camel ride for €2 or 3. A few of the group took them up on their offer. It was just like a donkey ride for adults. The owner would lead the ...
How many camels to make you happy?
... of instruments (even the bag pipes turned up at 1 pt) &, for some reason, the firing of weapons!! An evening that reminds you why you travel.
This hospitality we enjoyed was felt throughout the country. We were constantly welcomed to Jordan & the people are super friendly.
From Petra, we headed further south to safari in the stunning Wadi Rum desert & dive in the gorgeous Gulf of Aqaba. Some of the sea life included a friendly ...
Wadi Rum Camel Ride and On to Aqaba!
... private hotel beaches. Then since the beach wasn't that much farther away, I walked down there.
When I got back to the hotel, I drank a lot of water and took a shower to cool off, read a little before I uploaded a set of photos from the camel ride and some from yesterday's trip to Petra. I wasn't at all happy with the camel ride photos...the light is weird with the Lumix...I wonder why. Pam has a new Canon with 35x optical zoom. Hmmm.
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