Egypt to Jordan

• Posted by: Geo Kearley
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This is just a fast update, as we’re awaiting falefel, then off to Petra.

We spent our last two days in Egypt camped out on the Red Sea in grass huts, going snorkeling on the coral reefs. The water was unbelievably warm, and from the beach we could look across the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia, and to our right was Jordan and Isreal.

We spent an entire day waiting for the ferry to Jordan – administrative efficiency abounds here! (No problem, we’ve been well trained to deal with these kinds of problems…) then the ferry did donuts in the harbour for an hour before we actually docked – apparently there were “high winds”.

Yesterday we spent four wheeling in the Wadi Rum desert, and we saw several sights associated with Lawrence of Arabia, and we stood on the natural stone formation bridges and ran down sand dunes. We camped in the desert under the stars at a Bedouin camp last night, and we’re off to Petra today.

To Laurie: the toilet paper here is “bring your own”.

As usual, we miss everyone and our doggies – Kylie, let us know how they are…

Noel & George

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Date posted :	Jul 17, 2008
Last modified :	Dec 17, 2008
Categories :	Africa, Egypt, Egypt, Jordan, Middle East
Tags :	Petra, Wadi Rum