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Middle East - part IV

Amman, Petra, Wadi Rum desert

Hector Yague
2005-10-07 17:04:47

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out. I will let you simply have a look to some pictures I took. I wish I was a professional photographer, as this has got to be the most picturesque place in the world. I could not help myself from shooting over two hundred photos is less than 48 hours. It's just that spectacular.

Only one drawback: we got for two hours in the middle of a sandstorm (a mild one, mind you). We were covered with sand from head to toes, couldn't open our eyes, could barely breath. Everything fills with dust and sand, and you cannot see 20 meters away. Bad, very bad stuff. But after that, the sky cleared up, and we got to see the sunset... oh man... the red sand turned purple, and it was a whole new performance going on right in front of you.

At night, the stars were bright as candles, thousands of them, as no artificial light nor pollution was to be seen in dozens of kilometers around us. Terrific!

Without a single doubt, Wadi Rum has been so far the highlight of this around-the-world journey. I have promised myself I will bring my girlfriend Brani here one day. These sort of things are meant to be shared.

So, right now I am in Aqaba, a coast resorty town in the southern tip of Jordan (nothing worth mentioning about this place: beach and hotels, that's it), awaiting for my boat to sail off across the Red Sea to arrive tomorrow afternoon at the Sinai coasts, and thus entering in my last destination (Egypt) of this Istanbul-to-Cairo first stage of my trip.

Country's high light!

The Wadi Rum desert, of course. Inspiring beyond imagination, second to none. Must be seen to believe it.

Country's thumbs up!

* Petra, a world wonder in itself, specially The Treasure sight as the canyon dozily opens up. Amazing!

* Floating about like a cork in the Dead Sea is fun as hell hehehe.

Country's thumbs down!

* Amman: The Lonely Planet guide to Jordan claims Amman as "the sanest of all arab cities". Well, in my opinion there's nothing interesting about Amman. Crap hole.

* Not as cheap as Syria or Egypt.

* Not many travelers to meet up with in here.