So, I am actually quite tired and not sure entirely what has happened in the last 2 weeks but here’s a quick run down of what I’ve been up to:
- Cruised in a felucca down the Nile, learned how to steer then slept on the shore after a bonfire with dancing
- Climbed Mt. Sinai and almost died
- Had a small Egyptian girl ask for money then pat my stomach lovingly when I said no. Nothing beats getting told you need to drop the vacation weight by begging children.
- Sat around in the “Bangkok Hilton” for 7 hours waiting for a ferry from Nuweiba to Aqaba
- Was repeatedly harassed in a nice way by Egyptian and Jordanian men.
- Floated in the Dead Sea. Craziest thing.
- On a biblical highlights tours without trying: Mt Nebo where Moses ascended to Heaven, Bethany across the Jordan where Jesus was baptized, the pillar claimed to be Rachel after she was turned into salt and many more
- Learned how to sleep on a bus in 7 million different positions.
- Experienced a hot waterfall
- Safely made it into Syria
- Walked around Petra for 2 days and met the nicest people
- Saw more inappropriately dressed tourists than I ever want to see again
- Was driven in a Jeep all over Wadi Rum aka Lawrence of Arabia country and then slept under the most beautiful stars
- Rediscovered my love of climbing all over rocks
There is much much more but I’m exhausted nwo and will go crash on my bed in a hotel where my room is acually underground and has windows but just a view of dirt. Why not save on windows and curtains and leave it as a wall? I’ve stopped asking questions like this in tMiddle East. They do things differently here and that’s good.
