Moevenpick Hotel Tala Bay Aqaba

... hatte ich Gesellschaft von einem franz. und einem netten israel. Pärchen. Die Franzosen hatten ihr 1 1/2 jährigen Sohn dabei, was ich sehr beeindruckend fand mit so einem Kleinen durch Jordanien zu reisen und auch einige Tage in der Wüste (Wadi Rum) zu verbringen. Im übrigen habe ich es nicht geschafft nach Wadi Rum zu fahren. Eine weitere Attraktion, die ich beim nächsten Mal besuchen muss!<br><br>Am nächsten Tag, und damit als nächster Eintrag, ging es vom Roten zum Toten Meer...<br>

It's my first trip to Aqaba, and i have no idea what's the place look like. It's realy different compare to the western countries, it's a small and quite city, but there are lot of tourist, as they said, this place is the tourist destination of Jordan.<br>I stayed at the Captain's ...

... prendre le thé chez des bedouins qui comme par hasard sont sur le chemin de la jeep et ont toujours sous la main des souvenirs authentiques à vendre aux passants. <br> Nous rejoignons le soir le camp ou nous devons passer la nuit et ou nous attend le repas, cuit à l'étouffé dans le sable. Délicieux. Je passe une agréable soirée à la belle étoile à discuter tard avec les locaux et autres (peu nombreux) touristes. <br><br><br><br><br><br ...

... waehrend daheim seine Frau auf den Haushalt und seine drei Kinder aufpassen muss. Das alles ist im Grunde nichts, worueber ich mich zu beschweren habe, aber jetzt ist das Fass voll. Vor ein paar Tagen musste meine Kollegin Emily nach Akaba, um dort die E-Mails von Zedane zu checken, weil unser Computer da noch Matsche war. Weil das relativ schnell ging und Emily in ihren gut zwei Monaten hier nur zwei-drei freie Tage hatte, fragte sie Zedane, ob es in Ordnung sei ...

... my ferry I did the normal foreigner thing and went to the back behind the desks and waited for someone to come out and see if they could help me, when they came back out 10 Min's later I managed to get my passport stamped and I was out of the country! Or so I thought! I was the only westerner in the building been surrounded by lots of Egyptians in a big waiting hall. After a while people started to go out of the gates for the slow boat and there was no ...

... change and saying goodbye to Faye we went for lunch at (I'm sad to say this) McDonalds. It was what we really felt like though and we weren't the only ones as we found Guy and Pamela there. I am really sore today and I think it is a combination of the Hamam, climbing to the monastery, camel ride and stacking it. I need another massage already. Looking forward to snorkelling in a couple of days though and finally arriving back in Egypt. Bye.

... where we could swim in the warm water. I cut my feet a few times, but it was worth it to relax in the waves. Around us, lots of Jordanians were playing in the water. It was fascinating to watch the women and girls, though, because they all had to war long sleeves into the water as a part of their Muslim beliefs. Everyone was having a great time, though, and a few kids bumped into us while they were face-down in the water with their snorkeling gear on. After another hour on the ...

... lesson - the desert is not forgiving and it is relentless. The afternoon heat was too much and we napped from 1:30-3pm. The desert is also immensely expansive, and I can understand how one can hike just 10 km from camp and become completely disoriented. We walked ourselves into the heart of a mountain range and became lost. Andrew took the reigns as leader, and while we used shadow techniques and old fashioned survival skills, the water rationing had ...

I went to Aqaba this past weekend with Shukri. We left Thursday morning and came back Sunday morning. His family has a house in Tala Bay, which is a residential resort. Shukri kept warning me, "Aqaba is no Miami," but I loved it! The water's blue hue is indescribably beautiful and the deserty mountains in the background make the water stand out even more. The weather was colder than normal and it got chilly at night but I definitely still got a tan. The ...

... a far cry from Egypt, even if it is only a few km's away. <br> <br>They use freshwater<br><br> Noun: freshwater 'fresh'wotu(r)<br>1. Water that is not salty<br><br> Hear that Egypt? Yes, they actually have fresh water coming out of the taps here. I swear to Allah, the water spewing from our hotel room shower faucet this evening was pure heaven-sent. It was the first time in a week that we washed with fresh water and it felt good... and we ended up feeling clean, again for the ...