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.

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), 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 - 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 - 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 - Couple on a camel ride into Jebel Khazali.

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 '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.

Petra - The Siq - Channels were cut into the walls on both sides of The Siq to bring water into the city of Petra. In some places the channels are open, and in other places the 2000 year old terracotta pipes are still visible. The original Roman paving also remains in some places (as seen in this photo).

Petra - The Siq - Horses and carriages race up and down The Siq carrying passengers between the main entrance and The Treasury. The water channels cut into the walls and a section of the Roman paving can also be seen in this photo.

Petra - The Siq - After 1.2km, The Siq narrows, then ends abruptly to reveal 'The Treasury'.

Petra - The Treasury (Al-Khazneh) lies at the end of The Siq.

Petra - Another view of 'The Treasury' from the end of The Siq.

Petra - 'The Treasury' end of The Siq, with tired tourists, camels waiting to take tourists down into the city of Petra, and horse and carriages ready to take tired tourists back up The Siq to the park entrance (2km away). This photo is taken from the steps of The Treasury.

Petra - The Treasury (Al-Khazneh). The Treasury was constructed sometime between 100BC and AD 200 as a tomb for Nabataean king Aretas III. It gets it's name from the story that an Egyptian Pharaoh hid his treasure while pursuing the Israelites.

Petra - The lower half of The Treasury. The interior of The Treasury is an unadorned square hall with a small room at the rear.