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The Crimson Sand & Stone of Wadi Rum
Middle East 2019
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Middle East 2019
- Booked: A Journey Through the Old World
- Impressions from Middle East 2019
- Review: St. Regis Istanbul
- Istanbul, A Cultural Crossroads
- The Captivating Caves of Cappadocia
- Review: Turkish Airlines Business Lounge Istanbul
- Review: Mystique, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Santorini
- Visiting the Pyramids on a Cairo Layover
- Review: W Amman
- Exploring Amman & The Dead Sea
- Review: Petra Marriott Hotel
- The Ancient Rock City of Petra
- The Crimson Sand & Stone of Wadi Rum
- Review: Sheraton Oman
- Review: JW Marriott Marquis Dubai
- The Decadence & Delight of Dubai
- Review: W Dubai The Palm
- Review: Al Maha, a Luxury Collection Desert Resort & Spa, Dubai
- Review: Emirates First Class Lounge Dubai (Concourse B)
- Review: Emirates 777 New First Class Geneva to Dubai
- Review: Emirates First Class Lounge Dubai (Concourse A)
- Review: Emirates A380 First Class Dubai to Toronto
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We decided to do the Wadi Rum Bedouin camp you wrote about based on your review and reviews I read in tripadvisor.com. It was my favourite experience in Jordan as well. We paid 120JOD for the night (2 adults and 2 kids) in one tent. We looked at doing the dome tents but couldn’t find any under 250 (or about $500 cad) for the night for the four of us. So with dinner included we thought 120JOD was a fair price. Unfortunately it was cloudy in the evening so couldn’t see any stars, but the landscape, the quietness at the camp and the home cooked feel of the meal was great.
We did a half day jeep tour and it was plenty long enough for us. Personally I wouldn’t want to do more but the half day we got to snowboard, hike, see the canyons and drive through some beautiful areas.
Great write-up! We also happened stayed with Mohamed (this June) . Still haven’t decide what’s better between Bedouin tea paring with Zarb, sunset watch from hill, camel herding or staring at the endless stream of dazzling stars.
You should check out some of the desert areas in Utah/Colorado/Arizona/Nevada/California. The images here remind me a bit of Hole-in-the-Wall area of Mojave desert, and there were some seriously inspiring – and very remote – parts of Vermillion Cliffs in Arizona that are mind blowing. I’m still looking forward to exploring more of that region.
Thank you for covering Jordan. Wadi Rum is a very special place with unique topography and beautiful colour. Our tour with a local guide took us to where they shot The Martian movie with Matt Damon. Pretty cool. Ricky we found the locals very generous and went out of their way to help us.
It’s a great place for some quiet reflection, that’s for sure. I spent about an hour walking in a straight line away from the camp and then back, and along the way I somehow felt compelled to confront some deep dark secrets by voicing them out loud to no one in particular.
Yeah, to be fair Mohammed at the camp was a real saint in comparison, even helping to negotiate our cab fare to Aqaba, which has a well-published price of 30 JD, down to 25. Can’t deny it was the overall sense I got throughout Jordan, although now I know to manage my expectations when I return.
I just love that someone took the time to type this out. Stick around my friend, you won’t want to miss it when I inevitably skirmish with a taxi driver on a 4 hour layover in the DR Congo.
You should try Namibia soon if you like the desolate landscape thing.
One thing that stuck with me from Wadi Rum was the sound of silence. I only heard the sound of my blood moving through my body.
Great write-up. I, like you, don’t take well to people such as the driver you mentioned. I had similar experiences in Morocco; Tangier in particular was absolutely hellish, whereas our hotel/riad owners in Fez ensured we had the best time possible, and were taken care of by all the local shops and owners; not once did we get the sense of tourist price discrimination.
Would love to see more evening pictures, as I find that time of day, and level of Sun light is absolutely beautiful – especially for desert environments.