Tuesday February 22nd.
Today was fabulous. We got to sleep in a bit, as we weren't leaving until 11:00. I got up at 7:30, showered, had breakfast and then went for a two hour walk to the beach and around the area. I bought a bag of fresh mixed smoked nuts for snacks.
Then we boarded the minubus again for the one and a half hour drive to Wadi Rum, which means Moon Valley. This is described as a “desert of mountains”. When we arrived we were loaded into three jeeps and our tour of the desert began. We stopped at several different view points, a couple of bedouin tents for tea, and a vista to eat our picnic lunches.
We had four greats hikes. One up a dune, another through a narrow canyon, another up on top of a natural bridge and the fourth was up a rock hill behind our camp. All were great, somewhat challenging and it was great to get some exercise!
After the last hike, all of us went around the rock to view the sunset. Very lovely.
Our sleeping place for the night was a Sheik Zayeed's Sunset Camp which consisted of three bedouin tents at the base of one of the desert mountains. We had a great dinner prepared for us. They cooked chicken and potatoes underground. It was served with rice, and lentil soup. After dinner we sat around looking at photos and then we were entertained by a our bedouin hosts who performed a dance.
Then time for bed sleeping outside under the stars.
oh my --it does look like the moon --or what I think the moon would look like (I'm not Neil Armstrong) Joe , that picture of you on the natural bridge made me dizzy looking at it--have you lost your mind or is it full of sand?
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Joe, what a magnificent place...I can't get over the colours! No wonder it was a fabulous day.
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Hey Joe
ReplyDelete...I'de give anything to be where you are right now...love the "desert of mountains'