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Wandering the Desert
... it to the Romans, who in turn lost it to the Arabs, who in turn lost it to the Crusaders, who in turn lost it to the Arabs again. Napoleon tried to capture it (but failed), the British took it from the Ottomans, and then handed it over to the Zionists. There are some cool Crusader-era tunnels there, but otherwise, it is really only worth spending a couple of hours in. Another interesting tidbit...Bahaullah, the founder of the Baha’i faith, was imprisoned by ...
We're in Jordan
... off again in the bus through more desolate desert landscapes. Stopped on a hillside for a panoramic view towards Nuweiba. We arrived at the port and said our goodbyes to Tarek and the driver, and walked through to the terminal where our bags were scanned and then into a waiting area with hundreds of men and a handful of women and children, and another Geckos tour group and a few single or pairs of travellers. We almost joined the massive queue ...
The Red Sea and Arava
... in the RED SEA was so cool! Some people saw an octopus, I wasn't that lucky. Oh well, I'm not a big fan of eight-legged creatures, so if I DID see one I would have wanted it to stay far away from me. But regardless, yesterday was a lovely day and we ended it with a SPECTACULAR end-of-Shabbat (Sabbath) dinner with a couple of the families here on the Kibbutz. We ate salad, eggplant (which I discovered I'm not a fan ...
Jordan: The Big 3-0
... made it look so simple. He poured the cinnamon tea, and I actually drank it. We finished the show with a huge overlook that framed what could have been the Grand Canyon, with a ski slope of sand pouring into it, as the sun was getting low.
The desert was something out of Star Trek or the moon. And it's huge, we only saw a tiny corner of it in our two hour drive. We could have spend days in there and again, we were the only ones out ...
Going postal!!
... it but eventually I did. I took a number and I waited... and waited... and waited... and waited!! Eventually I went over to oe of the counters and asked the woman if I'd taken the correct ticket as the numbers in my sequence had not moved. She nodded and pointed to the next counter. While I, and half a dozen other people waited patiently another woman came up to the counter and tried to push in. I pointed out I was waiting - she stepped back. ...
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