Radisson Sas Aqaba

... nicht das, was man braucht, egal wonach man sucht... Abends gibts wieder lecker arabisches Essen und danach Bier und Jägermeister aus dem Liqourstore (in Aqaba gibts die an jeder Ecke), das wir aber erst am Strand gegenüber dem Hotel trinken. Die Aussicht bei Nacht ist toll. Genau gegenüber sieht man Ägypten mit wenigen Lichtern in kleinen Dörfern. An der Grenze zu Jordanien liegt Israel. Vom Anblick her hat mich Eilat, Israel (auch wenn ich es nur aus der Ferne gesehen habe) an ...

... all but 3 people refused to accept it since it was just not right. I ended my evening early since sitting on the ferry was kind of exhausting even though I napped half of it.<br><br>The second day the schedule has us going to Wadi Rum, but we were informed we would not do it until around 3pm and we had time to explore Aqaba more. One of the excursions that was not on the itinerary was offered to us was a 6 hour snorkeling and glass bottom boat trip ...

... watched all afternoon and enjoyed as we hadn't seen it before. Having been to England and read some of the history of London Tower and the battle with the Scots it was good to see the movie even though it was possibly historically not accurate. <br><br>It was one of a few movies we watched over these 3 days. We had dinner across the lane at the competitor hotel and enjoyed a better dinner there than our hotel- fish and salad. A big trek across the lane.

... He told us he had 6 kids with 2 wives. AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!!! We got to Madallahs place that is the man that put our camping trip together. His wife made us lunch, which was saffron rice with chicken and pita bread . YUM!!!! We were taken on a Safari ride and we went and saw this awesome sand dune and this arch that you could climb on. We do this crazy stunt, where we went over a dune and then went down a sand ...

... dinner and breakfast included, at a bedouin tend in the middle of the desert. I am aware that this is a tourist trap, not very original, but that's what needs to be done if one wants to visit Wadi Rum. The other possibilities: crossing the desert on foot on my own or horse / camel riding were either too expensive, too risky or too exhausting. I don't regret doing it. The desert is such ...

This morning I watched the sunrise over the mountains which was nice, I was awake pretty early cos even though I enjoy sleeping outside it ended up being pretty uncomfortable. After the usual breakfast we started our camel trek. I have never been so uncomfortable in my life. I had a good memory of riding a camel list time in Egypt and this was nothing like that. There was something under the padding of the seat that kept digging into my legs ...

... carefully to the shore where people were swimming in the kind-of nasty water. We only stayed long enough to look around, and then we decided to head back to the hotel. Margaret and Gabe, brave souls, went back to swim later, but the rest of us hung out in my room and watched the first part of Lawrence of Arabia on Duncan's computer. It was fun to see some of the sights we were going to, as it was all filmed in Jordan, but it's a slow, older movie so I ended up falling asleep ...

... in the desert.. and I was undecided. For day one all 6 of us crammed in a 4x4 and drove through breathtaking desert bush (and lack thereof). Absolutely incredible. We set up camp at a Bedouin village in the middle of the Wadi, hauled the mattresses outside and slept under the stars. Unfortunately I had another issue with the Jordianian cook, who thought it appropriate to sleep on my bed in the middle of the night. In my horror I yelled "WILL YOU PLEASE GET ...

... back and forth across a single string. As he played and sang an Arabic song, one of the men got up to dance, going forward and backward and raising his hands to the beat of the music. The old man began to tell a story, while everyone listened intently. Even though we didn't understand a word, we could tell he was a good storyteller. He gestured with his hands and spoke slowly, pausing often for dramatic effect. When he was finished the men ...

... their chores, standing as they did to one side while having a good chat amongst themselves &amp; smoking cigarettes as we all filed past. We were, as westerners, allowed to file past first, but only once we'd been reunited with our passports. We had to give them up upon boarding the ferry in Egypt and they reappeared, some 3 hours later in Aqaba terminal, in the hand of some awfully nice official who informed us that our visas were in our passports and that there would be no ...