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Wadi Rum camp
... area, the home to the nomadic Bedouin tribes, although many of them now live in Rum Village at the entrance to this vast desert ( or part of the family does ) and operate tours into the desert camping at their specifically set up camps for tourists. Rum village reminded me of aboriginal settlements, abit squalid although the box like homes were more substantial being built out of concrete. You can only go into Wadi Rum with a Bedouin guide.
We ...
More Flashbacks from the 90's
... in front of a police car so in minutes an ambulance was there. The only person who looked hurt was the taxi driver and even that I think was more from shock. I am surprised that given how people drive across the world (we saw some truly awful driving in Sumatra) that we haven’t seen more accidents during our trip.
[Kat: The only other accident we’ve seen was in Sri Lanka - someone trying to show off on his motorcycle and it was at a very slow speed – ...
Nothings too far from Aqaba! (Lol!)
... sand dune!! Now I’ve seen sand dunes before. I used to go to Ainsdale with my dad. We stopped for about 10 minutes and were given the opportunity to climb the sand dune if we wished. It was like nothing we’d seen before. Primarily because it was attached to a mountain!!! We climbed about 20 or 30 feet where I turned and faced the open desert.
"It looks like the tides out and by the look of it, it ain’t coming back??’ I shouted across to ...
How many camels to make you happy?
... views of the city & discovered that the city has the world's 3rd tallest free-standing flagpole ... who would have guessed. (FYI - Aqaba has the world's 2nd tallest free standing flagpole so if flagpoles are your thing, Jordan's where it's at).
Aside from wandering round Amman itself, we took day trips to visit the ruins of the ancient city of Jerash, the gorgeous mosaics in Madaba, the burial place of my main man Moses at Mt. Nebo & to ...
Wadi Rum Camel Ride and On to Aqaba!
... us up onto our camels. Erwin and I had white ones; Martin had a handsome chocolate one and the others had camel colored ones. They all looked pretty fit except for one with a huge patch of hair missing. We set off tied to one another....three or four to a group. Erwin, as an experienced camel rider, wasn't tied to anyone and his camel chose to walk by itself. These saddles were slightly different from others I have ridden on and had pommels front ...


