Wednesday, January 1, 2014
After a not so early breakfast, we headed out from our one desert camp to another desert camp. This time we were heading out the to G-Adventures camp, which is much more isolated and quiet in an area known as Wadi Rum or the Valley of the Moon.
A look at our NYE camp in the daylight.
That's the main cooking/eating area.
It was a quick (but slightly chilly) ride in the back a few jeeps to make our way to our new camp. Also neslted in nicely against some rocks and just down a little hill (so out of sight from anyone driving by), we arrived well before lunch time.
Our G-Adventures home in the desert.
My little tent. I wasn't sharing so lots of extra blankets. Nights in the desert are a wee bit chilly, especially this time of year.
A little walk up the sand hill from our camp and this is the view. Not bad if I do say so myself.
There is just something about the desert.
No trees around and other than some rocks I'm the only one able to cast a shadow.
Why am I standing on this fire looking like I conquered it? Well that's because the boys tried and tried and could not get it started.....they eventually gave up. I got it going though.
We had some lunch at the camp and then it was off to the Deseih Desert for a jeep ride. The area is full of natural rock formations and we would get to see a whole lot of them.
Some pretty views on those big sand hills.
Our jeeps.....seriously not very warm but good fun.
Part way through we stopped at a Bedouin camp for some tea and refreshments.
We were treated to some traditional music as well.
Just one of the amazing natural rock formations we got to see.
One of the highlights of the tour was our stop at Burdah Bridge, which at 35 metres (114 feet) high is one of the highest natural bridges in the world. Although I never knew it's name before I certainly have seen pictures before.
Looking down from the top of Burdah Bridge.
I took that last picture from where you can see those people standing. It really is high up but worth the climb to get up there.
A little video of our trek through the desert.
Before heading back to camp we found ourselves a nice high location to watch the sunset.
Pretty Sky.
Still a bit of light left, but not much.
The last light of a really great day.
After the sun disappeared we headed back to camp for another great traditional dinner. Again everything cooked in the ground.....so good. After dinner Ayman lead us on a trek out into the desert. Absolutley pitch black with zero light pollution we were able to see pretty much every star in the sky. We had a nice little fire, some tea and had a nice enjoyable time.
Eventually we made the trek back to camp, warmed up with some tea next to the fire before heading off to bed. Tomorrow would be another early start.
Julie
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