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Day 12 - Like Moses, Crossing The Red Sea

Nothing much to report today, as we spent nearly all of it at the hotel pool. Around 8:30, after a lengthy chat about U.S. politics with Rami, the owner of one of the travel agencies in the hotel, we hopped on a boat to cross the Red Sea to Taba, in Eqypt, where our Egyptian guide and drivers...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on August 29, 2008 from Al 'Aqabah, Jordan
from the travel blog: Israel, Jordan and Egypt (2008)

Day 11 - Dive Right In

Another great day in paradise, albeit one with little to report on. Ellery and I spent the morning simply hanging by the pool trying to keep cool in the heat. The afternoon was another incredible experience – this one underwater as we took a boat to the coral reefs just south of Aqaba for...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on August 28, 2008 from Al 'Aqabah, Jordan
from the travel blog: Israel, Jordan and Egypt (2008)

Day 10 - Cue Peter O'Toole

Were it not for the fact that I’m in pain and it’s about 110 degrees here in Aqaba, this would be another perfect day. Even so, it’s pretty damn good. As with most injuries, it isn’t until the next day you feel it the most, and so it was with my fall from the horse. As I woke, each breath and...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on August 27, 2008 from Ramm, Jordan
from the travel blog: Israel, Jordan and Egypt (2008)

Day 10 (continued) - Ahhh, All Better Now

From there it was on to Aqaba, which on a cooler day might actually be paradise. OK, not the town of Aqaba, which Ellery and I wandered through tonight, but the hotel we’re at, the Aqaba Intercontinental. And boy, did we need it … a pool that’s more like a river through the hotel, huge palm...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on August 27, 2008 from Al 'Aqabah, Jordan
from the travel blog: Israel, Jordan and Egypt (2008)

Day 9 - Yeah, It Belongs On The List of Wonders

This was one of the most spectacular days I’ve ever had traveling. We started early in the morning, before 8 a.m., and headed directly to Petra. At the entrance, we were met by our guide for the day, Mohammed. Although we would not have done so ourselves, the tour company had arranged for us...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on August 26, 2008 from Wadi Musa, Jordan
from the travel blog: Israel, Jordan and Egypt (2008)

Day 9 (continued) - Would You Like Tea With That Desert?

After we left Petra, it was time to continue on to Wadi Rum, the desert made famous by Lawrence of Arabia. We were picked up by our guide (whose name I could never quite get) in a beat up old Jeep with doors that didn’t close right and an electrical system that shorted out quite frequently....

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on August 26, 2008 from Ramm, Jordan
from the travel blog: Israel, Jordan and Egypt (2008)

Day 8 (continued) - Which Way To Petra?

Finally we arrived in Wadi Musa, the town just outside of Petra. After a brief stop at the tour office to make arrangements for the balance of our trip in Jordan, we settled into our hotel, the Taybet Zaman, built in a reconstructed old Turkish settlement, where the Stone houses had been...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on August 25, 2008 from Wadi Musa, Jordan
from the travel blog: Israel, Jordan and Egypt (2008)

Day 8 - Why Are You Taking Our Luggage?

Today started with a border crossing – the Allenby bridge between Israel and Jordan. We arrived at the bridge well before the 8 a.m. but still weren’t allowed to cross the first checkpoint until after 9 a.m. There was a definite pecking order: first the trucks went, and there were many of them,...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on August 25, 2008 from Madaba, Jordan
from the travel blog: Israel, Jordan and Egypt (2008)

Day 8 (continued) - Grand Canyon, Jordan Edition

We followed the Kings Highway further to Mujib, a most impressive canyon, nearly the equal of the Grand Canyon. My pictures simply do not do it justice (which is why I haven’t posted any). Then it was on to the fort at Karak, a magnificent, imposing structure. Unlike the various sites in...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on August 25, 2008 from Al Karak, Jordan
from the travel blog: Israel, Jordan and Egypt (2008)

Kester of Arabia

I spent the last couple days trekking about in the desert at Wadi Rum and sleeping on the roof of the government resthouse. Even found and filled my water bottles at the spring that Lawrence used to use back in the day. Nice. The place was empty, too. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank...

permalink written by  Jason Kester on June 23, 2003 from Amman, Jordan
from the travel blog: Middle East, 2003
tagged Petra and WadiRum

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