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Left Aqaba today after a good nights sleep in a nice Hotel for a change. Clean , clean, clean!! Driving along Jordan is so huge adn the statistics are amazing. Apparently 50% of the population is under 18.. Very Modern and from Aqaba, you can see Israel. Amazing how close. Aqaba is a very nice place.
http://www.aqaba.jo/english/index.php
Went to Wadi Rum which is in the outskirts and occupied by the bedouins. Amazing rock formations and sand colours!
http://www.pbase.com/mansour_mouasher/rum&page=all
check out this site to see what I mean. Not my pictures but I have similar.
Had tea in a bedouin tent and it was so cool from the sun, and so relaxing. Would loved to have stayed out in the night there..
Then had a feast for lunch. Food is so fabulous.. and healthy!
Headed off to the city of Petra. We are staying in a place called Moses Valley in Petra. Got some amazing pictures on the way here along the Kings Way, which is so scenic. This area reminds me of Tuscany. The place we are in is liek an Italian palace. Called the Amra Palace, the grounds are superb! and there are olive groves and Pencil Pines all over the hills.
Hope to get some really good pictures tomorrow.
We do Petra tomorrow. All day and a big day. Hope my ankle holds out!
May have a Turkish bath tomorrow night.. Aahhh.... so relaxing!!!

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