Of some unknown reason I have became falling in love with the desert and I have seen the desert in North Africa, in Egypt and Tunisia but mostly in Morocco, but never have been in Middle East so it was my first meeting with the Arabian desert.
Earlier I have been even interested of to read about the desert and countries histories there, and of course I saw also movie about Lawrence of Arabia, Queen of the desert and even Theeb, one nice movie about a little boy in the desert.
I have also read Seven pillars of Wisdom but it was a few years ago so now I have to read it again with fresh memory of Wadi Rum and the desert there. I began do research also in the history so to speak, so I will see what for conclusion I come to LOL
But back to my trip and I start with this famous seven pillars which looked at me as soon we approached Visitor center. There are seven pillars even if you see most only five. Those two are smaller not so easy to see at first moment.
What happy and glad I felt me, to see this, in reality, not only on the picture. Almost exhilarated I was and so angry with one group of the tourists who just came and stood directly in front of me. Sometimes I hate tourists, even if I self are tourist also.
After formality there in Visitor center we drove to village Wadi Rum where we would meet our host there who would take us then to the camp. We got to wait a little in the house because it was midday and as hot, it would be cooler later at afternoon. It was nice there in the house, we got the tea and talked about all possible and impossible about the desert, the life self and so.
Then we drove through the desert, between rocks and it was so stunning, incredible. I am not writer so I cannot describe the all, it must sees for to understand. Not even the photos, at least not mine, can show the beauty of whole this incredible place.
Wadi Rum have two kind of the desert, one red and one white and it is as you draw one line between those.
Our host said that the red color depend on how much iron it is in the soil, the more iron there is, the more red the sand and probably even rocks are. Here it was really red color while for example in Erg Chebbi it is less iron and therefore the color is only pink.
Strange, in Morocco they explained for me that Erg Chebbi is clean without dust and therefore the pink color while Erg Chigaga is dusty and therefore its color is yellow. So wonder, how it is actually. Maybe more true is about the amount of iron in the ground?
The camp was beautiful, exact what I wished to have it. Has also spent many hours at home on the Internet before I found it. It was not big, just the right size and from the tent it was a beautiful view over all sides.
We not did much this day, it was late we arrived so we only sat outside the tent there up and drunk tea, very good tea it was, with quite much sugar of course, as usual in the desert, that I know from Morocco and theirs tea where it is yet more sugar than here, LOL.
Dinner was exciting, most to look at how it prepares, but it was good also. First they make a fire in the sand, then they put in food rack (or how I can call it) in order to burn up and clean it before they put on chicken and potato and other vegetable. The whole then put in brackets in the sand, put the lid on and covered with sand, up on that they made the fire again and let it be cooked in about 2 hours.
It is one special name for this way to cook, zerb it is called.
On the map you see the red and white desert and we did the trip, the route drawn with red color, by 4x4 through this wonderful wilderness desert. It took the whole day and it was only one small bit of it, so the rest is waiting for me ☺
We took a short pause with a cup of good tea and dates cake in the shadow of one cliff, it was so peaceful and quiet there as it can be only in the desert. And fortunately we were only we, they 3 on the picture and me so we had not been disturbed of anyone. Only flies disturbed us LOL
Later in the canyon here we had a lunch and this time we had not been disturbed even by flies.
Those who made this garbage would go to the prison!
Well back in the camp I sat and watched sunset again, so beautiful, wonderful. Not one of those words can express that event.
The evening was nice and silent, for me fortunately no new tourists came so still we were only three persons and our host, so it felt perfect. We all were of the same mind or how I can say so we passed good together.
Probably our host would be glad to have more clients, but he could sure "survive" hopefully this evening with only us and was happy that one of his clients was happy to not be disturbed of lot of people, LOL
I had very difficult to fall asleep at that night, so many expressions and feelings I had after this day, the whole day I relived during the night again. And I do it still even now, a couple of weeks after I came back home.
The next day led us the trip in Lawrence tracks where he spent a couple of times in Wadi Rum. But his ride to Aqaba not started here, it went down Wadi Yitms. It was a bit misleading in the movie, but ...
It says that the wall here is remain of his, Lawrence house there.
But I don't know, as I have read so Lawrence came to Wadi Rum later, after the attack of Aqaba and only for to meet up with the army again.
Have to study a little about the all.
Lawrence's Spring
and Nabataeans script there on the the bigger stone
This plant works as a soap, if you rub it between hands, then pour on the water so you can wash pretty good with it, strange, but it works.
Unfortunately next day we had to continue our trip so it was our last night in Wadi Rum. We got a special dinner so it felt very nice. And it was also very good, moreover we got companion to the table by our hosts like as we were honored guests. So we got very pleasant last evening there in the camp.
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| I am sure the cat wanted to taste it also LOL |
My last gazes of Wadi Rum on the way to the village, trying to absorb it and store in my memory, but I'm sure I will come back, it caught me, so to speak. Especially the wild white desert. And people too, most.
I not rode camel, but I like them, they are so funny animals, wish to have one at home, but in Sweden it is a little cold for camels. So I have to move to the desert, provide me with a big tent, camels and maybe sheep too, them I like also.
This tent is almost bigger than my apartment so I can have there living room and bedroom and kitchen and even bathroom LOL
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