My modest Jordanian breakfast at the hotel camp.My plan was to wake up early the next day to catch the breath taking, the Bedouins claim it is, sunrise in Wadi Rum. However, peeling myself off the bed proved an impossible task. I did manage to wake up early but it was too late for the magical sunrise. The sun has risen already.
When I got out of our bungalow hut to take a peek, I saw a few hotel guests sitting up the boulder of the camp. Ugh, die-hards, I told myself. I wish I have their discipline.
For breakfast I had a simple Jordanian fare: pita bread, humus and yoghurt dip, cucumber, tomatoes, goat’s cheese, black olives and a boiled egg. Their orange juice tasted like concentrate with lots of sugar, yuck.
After breakfast we climbed up the rock boulder to take a foto of the hotel camp. It looked so surreal. A camp that is a hotel with a swimming pool and an amphitheatre in the middle of nowhere in the Jordanian desert. It’s one of a kind and we were glad to have stayed here.
There was light already when I woke up. If I was not wrong it was 6am, perhaps even earlier.
I was not able to catch the beautiful desert sunrise but these people on top of the boulder did.
Blondine was keen on doing the hot air balloon while I am hesitant.
Our breakfast table.
We climbed the boulder and this is the view of our hotel camp.Now, our agenda for the day is to drive north to Madaba (Moab) and then follow the Biblical Trails.
The drive will be a loooooong drive as we will be taking the exhilarating snaky King’s Highway. We are excited! But before exiting Wadi Rum area we came across a prevalent desert road obstruction: camel traffic. A family of camels!
Please forgive my poor filming skills, here is the camel traffic video:
Notice that the camel’s legs are tied with a rope? Nothing to do with abuse to animals. This is done so they won’t be able to wander very far.
Next: Looking for a tank station on the desert highway
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