(Sam) We spent another 3 days in Aqaba, snorkelling and relaxing. We went to the reefs every day. I saw about 10 scorpion fish, they are white and red striped with huge spikes and are very poisonous. I also saw Moray eels (very poisonous as well), cornet fish, rays, and many, many more species. The coral was so beautiful. Near our hotel was a shop with what looked like assorted chocolates. We bought a bag of them in all different shapes and colours. When we tried them that evening we learnt that they were all exactly the same, low quality chocolate with peanuts.
We took a bus to Wadi Rum and managed to get a couple of tents in the backyard of a restaurant. Wadi Rum is very much aimed to package tours, it is hard to do economically. In case you're wondering what Wadi Rum is, it's a desert with sandstone mountains coming out of the sand. It is where "Lawrence Of Arabia" was filmed. Anyway, the scenery was amazing, and the mountains were humbling. We went for a short hike that evening and had a picnic supper of bread, cheese, peanut butter and our peanut chocolates.
Today we took a bus to Petra. The ticket man tried to charge us extra for our luggage but after so long in India we knew how to deal with him. We are planning to spend 3 days in Petra and I can't wait. It is supposed to rain tomorrow although it looks like it will be nice after that.
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| The beach from where we snorkelled |
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| Local handicraft made using coloured sand. |
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| Wadi Rum |
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| Lunch. Notice the sheep hanging in the background |
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