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Jordan - 2008

20-28 April, 2008
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  • Aqaba - View of the city from my hotel window.

    Aqaba - View of the city from my hotel window.

  • Aqaba - View of the Aqaba port, Ayla (Old Aqaba) ruins and the 'Great Arab Revolt' flagpole from my hotel window.

    Aqaba - View of the Aqaba port, Ayla (Old Aqaba) ruins and the 'Great Arab Revolt' flagpole from my hotel window.

  • Wadi Rum - Bedouin camp at Lawrence's Spring (Abu Aineh), with Jebel Khazali (mountain) in the background.

    Wadi Rum - Bedouin camp at Lawrence's Spring (Abu Aineh), with Jebel Khazali (mountain) in the background.

  • Wadi Rum - The Bedouin camp at Lawrence's Spring (Abu Aineh).

    Wadi Rum - The Bedouin camp at Lawrence's Spring (Abu Aineh).

  • Wadi Rum - The Bedouin camp at Lawrence's Spring (Abu Aineh), which serves extremely sweet Bedouin tea.

    Wadi Rum - The Bedouin camp at Lawrence's Spring (Abu Aineh), which serves extremely sweet Bedouin tea.

  • Wadi Rum - Lawrence's Spring (Abu Aineh), named after T.E Lawrence, who wrote about it in his book 'The Seven Pillars of Wisdom'.  The spring is halfway up the cliff where the trees are.

    Wadi Rum - Lawrence's Spring (Abu Aineh), named after T.E Lawrence, who wrote about it in his book 'The Seven Pillars of Wisdom'. The spring is halfway up the cliff where the trees are.

  • Wadi Rum - Jebel Umm E'jil (mountain range), with the red sands of Wadi Rum.

    Wadi Rum - Jebel Umm E'jil (mountain range), with the red sands of Wadi Rum.

  • Wadi Rum - Jebel Umm E'jil from the Bedouin camp at Jebel Khazali.

    Wadi Rum - Jebel Umm E'jil from the Bedouin camp at Jebel Khazali.

  • Wadi Rum - View northeastwards from the Bedouin camp at Jebel Khazali.

    Wadi Rum - View northeastwards from the Bedouin camp at Jebel Khazali.

  • Wadi Rum - View from Jebel Khazali back towards Rum village (seen down the valley in the distance).  Jebel Umm E'jil is on the right, and Lawrence's Spring is just out of the picture to the left.

    Wadi Rum - View from Jebel Khazali back towards Rum village (seen down the valley in the distance). Jebel Umm E'jil is on the right, and Lawrence's Spring is just out of the picture to the left.

  • Wadi Rum - Couple on a camel ride into Jebel Khazali.

    Wadi Rum - Couple on a camel ride into Jebel Khazali.

  • Wadi Rum - Rum Village.

    Wadi Rum - Rum Village.

  • Petra - The path from the park entrance to The Siq.  On the left are the Djinn Blocks built by the Nabataeans in the 1st century AD.  Their exact function remains a mystery, but they could have been tombs, or built as dedications to the Nabataean god Dushara.

    Petra - The path from the park entrance to The Siq. On the left are the Djinn Blocks built by the Nabataeans in the 1st century AD. Their exact function remains a mystery, but they could have been tombs, or built as dedications to the Nabataean god Dushara.

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    Petra - The 'Obelisk Tomb' and 'Bab as-Siq Triclinium' on the path from the park entrance to The Siq. The upper structure with the four pyramidal obelisks is a Nabataean tomb.  Underneath is a Nabataean triclinium (three-banked dining room) with it's three small chambers where annual feasts were held to commemorate the dead.
    Petra - The Siq - The 1.2km long narrow gap through the mountains that is the main entrance to Petra.  In some places the Siq is only 2-5 metres wide, and the walls tower up to 200m high.