Aqaba and Taba Bay, Jordan

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Aqaba and Taba Bay:

Aqaba has an astouding location: minutes to Saudi in one direction and very close to Egypt and Eilat in Israel. However, it is also a bit like seaside towns everywhere...lots of restaurants, shops selling diving gear and tourist tat and a few 'luxury ' hotels...

Not being divers (so no amazing fish and coral photos...)and by this time, just wanting to lie flat on our backs on the sand, we didn't do very much except laze around, swim and eat....but relaxation at last: no deserts to traverse, no shaking out of shoes in the morning, hoping to dislodge lurking scorpions...just a luxurious ( comparitively, anyhow) hotel and the sea and sand....the only exciting event was Rob coming face-to-face with a giant manta ray (although Rob in full snorkelling gear is a fairly scary site, so I'm not sure which of them was most terrified...)

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Photos

Early morning bakers...and flatbread
on its way around town

Hotel, Aqaba
Love the hills behind - exactly like Muscat!

Taba Bay detail
but wouldn't it look great in London!

Rob recovering on the terrace from the
manta ray fright (!)

Red Sea
well, these fish were not very glam and I saw far better and much bigger ones, but never when I had time to get out the camera....

Probably the best Mojito in the Mid East!
(You only know that's important if you know me!)