After my previous trip in which I couldn't enter with my car I decided to go back to Jordan again....this time with 'a tafeet for the seyieera'.
This time around I could visit a few more places which I missed out on my last trip. I was finally able to enter the Petra...although it was very tiring on foot but every bit of effort was worth it! Petra is magnificient!Although I would say the entry fee of 50JD(about 270QR) per person is quite exorbitant. It took a whole day to go around Petra and in the evening I found myself drawing from my last reserves. Finally I slumped into the car quite breathless and replenished my energy with a few bananas and chilled beer which we had brought along from Aqaba. Then I went back to the hotel in Aqaba.
Next day we went to the 'Wadi rum' On my way I saw the old Wadi rum-Hejaz railway. 'Wadi rum' offered some exhilarating views. I enjoyed the vast wilderness of the valley and tried to imagine how it would have been to ride with the bedouins! Although the scenery was good I couldn't do justice to it with my limited photographic skills and an ordinary camera. Oh! how I wished I had a good camera with me!
On our last day we started our journey from Aqaba and decided to drive to Amman. We started on the King's Highway but suddenly we decided to take the exit to the hill roads to Tafilah & AlKarak. This road led to the Dead sea Highway and there was some wonderful sceneries on the way and was a pleasure driving. It was the day of the Eid and the little towns were all celebrating. The hills commanded a beautiful view of the valleys below. There were some old ruins along the way...I am not sure Nabatean, Roman or Byzantine...but I saw a sign showing the way to some old castles and another showing a byzantine church. At the end of the hills I could see the salt reefs which was once the land of 'Sodom & Gomorrah'. A few miles to the North we came to a place which is demarcated as "Lot's cave". We climbed up the small hill and the guide told us that this was the place where Lot & his daughters had taken refuge during the destruction of 'Sedom & gommorah'! We found a tomb which was supposed to be Lot's and the remains of what was once a well and a fountain!
From there we went to Jericho to see the 'Baptism site of Jesus' but just a 100m ahead we found a millitary check post and they informed us that it is open only upto 3:00pm every day as it was the border between Jordan and the Occupied land of Palestine(West Bank). So we went down to the Dead sea resort of Amman Beach and enjoyed ourselves by floating on our back.
So thats all this time folks. Next time I will go to Madaba and Mt. Nebo to see the frescos.
Pics coming soon.
After my previous trip in which I couldn't enter with my car I decided to go back to Jordan again....this time with 'a tafeet for the seyieera'.
This time around I could visit a few more places which I missed out on my last trip. I was finally able to enter the Petra...although it was very tiring on foot but every bit of effort was worth it! Petra is magnificient!Although I would say the entry fee of 50JD(about 270QR) per person is quite exorbitant. It took a whole day to go around Petra and in the evening I found myself drawing from my last reserves. Finally I slumped into the car quite breathless and replenished my energy with a few bananas and chilled beer which we had brought along from Aqaba. Then I went back to the hotel in Aqaba.
Next day we went to the 'Wadi rum' On my way I saw the old Wadi rum-Hejaz railway. 'Wadi rum' offered some exhilarating views. I enjoyed the vast wilderness of the valley and tried to imagine how it would have been to ride with the bedouins! Although the scenery was good I couldn't do justice to it with my limited photographic skills and an ordinary camera. Oh! how I wished I had a good camera with me!
On our last day we started our journey from Aqaba and decided to drive to Amman. We started on the King's Highway but suddenly we decided to take the exit to the hill roads to Tafilah & AlKarak. This road led to the Dead sea Highway and there was some wonderful sceneries on the way and was a pleasure driving. It was the day of the Eid and the little towns were all celebrating. The hills commanded a beautiful view of the valleys below. There were some old ruins along the way...I am not sure Nabatean, Roman or Byzantine...but I saw a sign showing the way to some old castles and another showing a byzantine church. At the end of the hills I could see the salt reefs which was once the land of 'Sodom & Gomorrah'. A few miles to the North we came to a place which is demarcated as "Lot's cave". We climbed up the small hill and the guide told us that this was the place where Lot & his daughters had taken refuge during the destruction of 'Sedom & gommorah'! We found a tomb which was supposed to be Lot's and the remains of what was once a well and a fountain!
From there we went to Jericho to see the 'Baptism site of Jesus' but just a 100m ahead we found a millitary check post and they informed us that it is open only upto 3:00pm every day as it was the border between Jordan and the Occupied land of Palestine(West Bank). So we went down to the Dead sea resort of Amman Beach and enjoyed ourselves by floating on our back.
So thats all this time folks. Next time I will go to Madaba and Mt. Nebo to see the frescos.
Pics coming soon.