Blogs from South, Jordan, Middle East - page 47

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After leaving Petra, we headed still farther south into the desert called Wadi Rum. We arrived at our camp just as the sun fell beyond the horizon, coating the impressive red rock formations in even redder light. The camp is one of many in Wadi Rum that caters to visitors with many stand up tents with two cots and bedding and a bar and a dance floor. We settled in and ate the delicious buffet of arabic food. They then cranked up the arabic music as the stars began to come out overhead. I danced some and watched my Arabic school mates dance their traditional dances, laughing when they tried to teach the rest of us. After some dancing, myself and three other girls decided to get away from it all and snuck off into ... read more

On Thursday we left the hotel at 6am to drive about four hours south to Petra. The most famous of Jordan's tourist sites and voted the new 2nd World Wonder, we arrived on site at about 11am after stopping at a small store on the way in. Bottles of water and just about anything else at Petra is extremely expensive so I highly reccommend to anyone coming to bring their own supply... and lots of it. I think I drank at least 2 litres of water throughout the day and wanted more. After slathering on a lot of sunscreen and donning my St. Louis Cardinals baseball cap, we headed to the gate. The entrance fee for one day is 21 JD and only a bit more for more than one day. Luckily, we were able ... read more

Canada day this year was much fun! We left the hotel at Petra early in the morning and drove to Wadi Rum, home of the local tribes. We took jeeps out into the desert and drove around, all over and up over sand dunes. Much better then a Disney ride. Much weaving happened and 360's. We visited a cave where part of the new Indiana Jones movie was filmed, and had cave drawing in it from the Neolithic age. Wadi Rum was just amazing, just you the sand and the mountains. Once again pictures will be added soon. Then we continued on to Aqaba where three of us had quite the adventure trying to get around. We wanted to visit an aquarium and our taxi driver neither spoke English nor knew of the aquarium. Once we ... read more

Petra. Wow. Zweifellos die Touristenattraktion Nr. 1 in Jordanien und wahrscheinlich die besten 2000 Jahre alten Ruinen, die man so finden kann. Eigentlich will ich dazu nicht allzu viele Worte verlieren, da man Petra kaum in Worte fassen kann. Es ist einfach nur grossartig. Ich verweise an dieser Stelle mal auf den Wikipedia-Artikel darueber, da es hier im Hostel keinen Kartenleser gibt :) Petra Der an Petra angeschlossene Ort ist, logischwerweise sehr gut an Touris angepasst: Ergo wird man an jeder Ecke abgezockt. Da trifft es sich ganz gut, dass mir eh nicht gross nach Essen steht und ich mich den ganzen Tag, der lieben Gesundheit halber, nur von Brot und Wasser ernaehre, um nicht staendig nach einem Klo Aussschau halten zu muessen :) In Petra wurde uebrigens die Schlussszene von Indiana Jones III ... read more