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Published: April 10th 2007
Our camp
Our little corner in the desert. Pretty good facilities as well! Well the following day was a border crossing day, as in it took until 5pm for the 3pm ferry to get going, then getting through customs the other side was another hour. We stopped in Aqaba in Jordan, and immediately we could see the difference between Jordan and Turkey. The money was clean, like the city, and the people didn't hassle you. It was great! Our drive to Wadi Rum (the desert where Lawrence of Arabia shot to fame), where we were sleeping for the night.
The drive took us up from the border crossing town and we could see 4 countries all at once. Obviously, we were in one, Jordan, but we could also see Elat in Israel, back across to Egypt and also across to Saudi Arabia.
The camp we stayed at was really well organised and we were all happy they had running showers and toilets. But it wasn't until the morning we saw the scenery. Wow! It is was mountainous, but still managed to have quite a bit of greenery. Our activity for today was a 4WD Jeep safari into the desert, which we also got the chance to scramble up sand dunes and
Top of a pink dune
The view from the top of a very difficult-to-climb sand dune so you better appreciate it! :p mini-mountains. Very cool, and the number of photos on here is only a small percentage of the amount I took.
We eventually headed back to camp, where we then set off for Petra, which will be one of the highlights of the trip. Our drive gave us some really cool views of the place but we have to wait until tomorrow to check it out as we checked into the hotel.
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