Saturday, December 1, 2012

Machtesh Ramon, Wadi Rum, Taybet Zaman Hotel

We started the day by seeing an overlook of Machtesh Ramon. an amazing land formation in the Negev Desert.

An ibex that posed for us at a rest stop
 

 





What a fun day! I totally skipped over yesterday (later!) Okay, crossing the border into Jordan wasn't all that much fun, but it was interesting. We noticed a difference in the two countries soon after we crossed the border; mainly the bathrooms! We were spoiled in Israel!

 

 

 
After doing a drive-by of the Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba we headed for Wadi Rum. After lunch we all were loaded into the backs of small pick-ups and headed out toward these magnificent, gigantic land forms.

 

The Seven Pillars of Wisdom
As you can see we were all loaded into the very "safe" seating in the backs of the trucks. We drove on trails made by our Arab driver. We drove out to a spot where we could climb on some boulders to watch the sunset.

 
 

As we were getting to load up and drive on, the driver realized that we had a flat tire. Oh we'll, I had to ride in the front with the driver while 2 friends rode in the back seat. I took his picture, but the road was so bumpy it came out blurry. He had no problem with me taking his picture.

My new boyfriend!
 

The dashboard of my boyfriend's vehicle
Two hours later we finally arrived at our hotel. It is the site of a village that was restored into a hotel.

We finally arrived at our hotel which is a restored village.

 

 

 

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