Bedouin Moon

... they looked great dressed with heads covered, laughing and smiling to the music and beat. Its seems all of the ladies at the bedouin full moon evening loved it the most. Some where too afraid to get up and move but eventually everyone got up and tried it. ...

... his American wife. Back in the camp, we joined the family in the shade under the rocky outcropping.  With typical Bedouin hospitality, they offered us tiny glasses of sweet mint tea.  All attention was turned toward the grandfather, a small ...

... being out there seeing the tiny dots of wild camels wandering around in the distance. Dinner at the camp was excellent. The Bedouin guys served us chicken and potatoes that had been cooked under the sand for two hours. It was accompanied by other tasty ...

... silenced the chatter in the truck and my heart. It was in this surreal setting we set up camp, ate a meal prepared by my Bedouin Guide, slept under the stars and brilliance of the full moon; where the formations took on lives of animals, sphinx, birds and ...

... . Chillin out, staring at the stars and chatting we are taken for a desert tour at around 9. It is pretty dark as the moon has gone down but there is enough light to see by, but the idiot Egyptians insist on BLINDING you with flashlights and ruining your ...

... , petrol only costs about £0.13/litre. Oh well... On arriving in Dahab, we struggled extensively to locate our accommodation, the Bedouin Moon hotel. I guess this was partially due to the lack of communication as on our "arrival", we looked up to ...

Breakfast at Bedouin Hotel - bread, butter, jam, egg and tea.  Stopped in at the Thomas Cook travel agency.  Booked 4 day, 3 night cruise on the Nile River from Aswan to Luxor, although at the time we thought it was a 3 day / 2 night ...

... services for the tourists; the Gulf of Aqaba reefs provide the attraction for this venue of international confluence. We are staying at the Bedouin Lodge for 120EP per night. We have their best room with a large balcony overlooking the Gulf of ...

... to the Turgoman bus station.  Looked for a bus to Alexandria, but I didn't want to arrive there at night.  Back to the Bedouin at 4pm, but our room wasn't ready yet.  Stayed in the dorm room for a while, where we met a backpacker from ...

... Dist, hot springs, and sunset on the sand dunes.  Most of the trip was 4-wheeling through the desert with a tape of a Bedouin song dedicated to Saddam Hussein blasting on the radio.  Dinner of kafta and rice back at Badr's.  Sat around the ...

Breakfast at the Bedouin.  Heading off for our 3 day / 2 night desert trip today.  Abdul took us to the Turgoman bus station and helped us get on the bus headed for the Baharya Oasis.  Six hour ride to the oasis with 1 rest stop in the ...

... was supposed to go all the way to Ramses station in Cairo.  Took metro back to downtown Cairo and walked back to the Bedouin Hotel.  They gave us room 206, which is a nice room with its own bathroom.  Walked to Islamic Cairo.  ...

... steps, around narrow cliff paths looking down into canyons, up, up, up. We thought we'd never get there. Along the way, a Bedouin family passed us...we exchanged "Merhahbah" with the dad who was walking, then another "merhahbah" with the ~10 year old ...

... musicians perform on traditional Bedouin instruments – their music was acoustic and filled the space – perfect acoustics – then a Bedouin tell the story of the people of Petra.  I say Bedouin, but before the ancient Bedouin, they ...

... hiking had left my already battered dogs quite sore. The water felt good. Tomorrow I'm off to Wadi Rum for more hiking (?!?) and camping in the desert with the Bedouin. Here's a map of Petra, if you please: ...

... the beach. I thought to myself, better to be in the water than land if any destruction were to occur. A week ago, a rocket landed in Aqaba, so I have hightened my awarness. Sleeping on the rooftop again at Bedouin Garden Village. Full moon and clear ...

... tense as I wasn't sure where I was or how fast the sign would be for the left turn I needed to take to get to Beit Ali Bedouin Camp.  It finally appeared and I felt a sense of relief as I now was in an area that I kinda knew and that would get me to the ...

... of an enormous rock, shielded by a small sand ridge. We watched the sun set over the desert and had a home cooked meal from the local Bedouin guides that took care of us. Around 9 we went to bed, but I chose to sleep up on the sand ridge with the guides ...

... and grab a quick bite to eat. As I arrive back I find my new found friends including a new one that they bumped into dancing around Bedouin people and the Treasury to Tom Jones - don't ask! After a bit of Chi (tea) we talked to the locals who tell us ...