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Wadi Rum/Aqaba
It was a very early start this morning but what else would you expect when it’s time to ride a camel and see the sun rise? I was both pleased and relieved to be given a relatively small camel to ride. Riding a camel (or rather sitting on one) is the easy bit, getting on…
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Wadi Rum
Goodbye For Seasons Petra. I doubt you are aware of the irony of your chosen name but it pretty much sums you up. You’re lovely people but you need to understand there’s a big difference between wanting to be something and putting the effort in to achieve it. Anyway, off to Wadi Rum we go.…
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Petra day 2
Back to Petra today to mop up the bits we didn’t see yesterday. We made our way to the tombs some of which were fabulous inside with many different colours of rock layered through the strata. Next, the hike up to the top of the High Place of Sacrifice. It was much hotter than yesterday…
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Petra
We’re very confused by the messages we are getting at our hotel. On one hand, we are told we can have whatever we want, wherever we want, but on the other hand, we can’t. S and I had been looking forward to something other than an Arabic breakfast, thinking we could order the American breakfast…
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Little Petra
The itinerary is in full flow and the next item on the list is the most famous – Petra. Part of me is dreading the crowds. It’s one of the most visited places in the world apparently; so far we have been extremely fortunate in avoiding the masses but I suspect Petra will be mobbed.…
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Wadi Ghuweir
We joined forces with hotel guests Jocelyn and Tomas for our trip to Wadi Ghuweir. They were going to share our guide (Ali) and also give him a lift, which was a relief as the thought of 5 of us crammed into an underpowered Kia Pegas was not a good one. It took about an…
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Dana Reserve Hikes/Dana Village
Breakfast was interesting this morning. Looks like the ship goes adrift when Tayseer isn’t around. J and N got theirs (the benefits of being in the super-deluxe room) while we got nothing. We eventually got something but then the nice French people sitting behind us had nothing so we gave them some things from our…
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Salt Beach/Karak Castle/Al Namteh Lodge
We were all very sorry to leave Zero Four not least because we suspected that our next accommodation would be a lot more basic. The dogs will forever more rue our departing as Jan’s leftover fajitas will have seemed like mana from heaven. On our agenda for our travel day to Al Namteh Lodge were…
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Baptism site/ Dead Sea
Today was the day of visiting the place where Jesus was baptised. None of us have any religious inclinations whatsoever but it would be strange not to visit somewhere so important to millions of people all over the world. The site is at a place called Bethany and taking part in a guided tour is…
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Wadi Mujib
Wadi Mujib didn’t disappoint. Wadi Mujib is a canyon through which a river flows. The hike we did is called the Siq hike and ends at a waterfall, but in order to get there, you have to negotiate fast flowing water. It’s a proper adrenaline rush but not for the faint hearted. We got there…
Middle-aged flash packers
The ramblings and wanderings of two middle-aged travellers up for adventure
- 2021 – There are no plans. Covid
- About
- Australia/Vietnam Revisited 2025
- Bulgaria – Roses and Trains 2025
- Cabo de Gata 2024
- Costa Rica 2015
- Escape to Italy 2017
- Going round in Circles – Circumnavigating Spain 2021
- Gran Canaria – The Isle of Dogs
- Greece – Pottering The Peloponnese 2021
- Into Africa – 2022
- Into Africa -November/December 2022
- Jordan Jaunts 2023
- Mini adventure in Northern Portugal – 2018
- Mission Triglav – Slovenia, Italy, France 2017
- My blog
- Myanmar and Thailand 2019
- Oman 2019
- Oz Odyssey – Australia, Fiji,Hawaii 2016
- Panama 2023
- Return of the Road Warriors – Europe revisited 2019 Liechenstein, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Germany
- Road Trip to Anywhere – France, Italy, ? 2022
- Roaming the Rhodope – Bulgaria
- Sicily wanderings – on the volcano trail
- Tea, Trains and Temples – A journey around Sri Lanka 2017
- Tenerife 2024
- The Grand Tour – Driving from UK to Turkey and back again 2015
- The Hills are Alive – Austria road trip September 2025
- The Silk Road – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan 2019
- Turkey – 2020
- Wainwrights Lake District UK part 2 2022 March
- Walking the Wainwrights part 1 – Lake District UK 2021
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