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A lonely tree in Wadi Rum, Jordan
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 22 August 2011
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A Little History…The Myth and Mystery of Petra
Blog: A Little Adrift - A RTW Travelogue - 7 August 2011
A rose-red city half as old as time; though these words sound like the opening lyrics to a love song, they're instead penned by a poet and speak of an ancient civilization that carved evidence of their history deep into the soft sandstone rocks jutting toward the soft blue Jordanian skies. Wandering through the miles of sandy roads, the nubby domes of eroded mountains visible in every direction, I was overwhelmed the moment I stepped into this ancient civilization. How did they do it? Why did they carve such beautiful structures into the side of the towering rocks?
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A Little Inspiration…A Pastel Sunrise Over Wadi Rum
Blog: A Little Adrift - A RTW Travelogue - 22 May 2011
The gentle vibrations from my iPhone slowly cut last clingy strings of dreams from my thoughts as I pulled myself awake. Looking at the gaps in the tent wall showed just the faintest tint of color lightening the morning sky. The dead silence surrounding me at the Desert Tent Camp in Wadi Rum invited me to curl back into my heavy blanket and claim another hour of sleep – 5:00am seems barely human for a wake up call. My iPhone was on to me though, and just as my eyelids drifted closed the phone’s insistent buzzing woke me again. Oh yeah, a sunrise camel ride.
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Daily Travel Photo – Petra, Jordan
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 24 April 2011
Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Discover great travel photos. Related posts:Daily Travel Photo – Petra, Jordan Daily Travel Photo – Petra, Jordan Daily Travel Photo – Wadi Rum, Jordan
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Daily Travel Photo – Wadi Rum, Jordan
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 2 April 2011
Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Discover great travel photos. Related posts:Daily Travel Photo – Wadi Rum, Jordan Daily Travel Photo – Wadi Rum, Jordan Daily Travel Photo – Petra, Jordan
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Lady Returns to Jordan
Blog: A Lady in London - 31 March 2011
It’s not every day that you attend an event for an airline’s new holiday product and leave with an offer to attend a press trip to some of the best places to visit in Jordan. Last Wednesday evening I was invited to the easyJet Holidays launch party to celebrate the company’s new travel offerings. After a night [...]
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Experiencing Food Shock
Blog: Ottsworld - 17 February 2011
I sat on the couch and my stomach grumbled wondering why in the hell I hadn’t given it anything but a thin piece of bread, oil, thyme and an abundance of coffee for the last 6 hours. My stomach was angry at me, it was calling out to me wondering why I was torturing it. [...]
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Hotel With a Character
Blog: Ottsworld - 7 February 2011
“Yella! You are in charge!” yelled Mo as he headed towards the door. “If anyone stops in, tell them that we have 2 rooms available and have them wait here until I get back.” I looked up from my laptop, my eyes met his, and realized he was talking to ME. Cheryl the bubbly employee [...]
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Photo of the Week – Purrfect Petra
Blog: Ottsworld - 4 February 2011
Petra’s modern day inhabitants are cats. They lurk around every monument as if they own the place. In many places they seem to blend in to their surroundings with their orange fur; the same color as the buildings. They are pros at ‘working the crowd’; prancing around purring to get tourists attention and hopefully some [...]
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Mercantile Exchange in Petra
Blog: Ottsworld - 2 February 2011
I started climbing to the High Place of Sacrifice and it wasn’t long before I was greeting by a young boy on a donkey who watched me huff and puff my way up the steps. When I reached the area where he was waiting he asked, “Donkey mam?” “No, I don’t want a donkey.” “Why [...]
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Escaping the Crowds in Petra
Blog: Ottsworld - 1 February 2011
I sighed and handed over my 55 Dinar ($77USD) to the man at the ticket counter; a hefty sum for an otherwise budget friendly country to travel through. This fee would buy me two days in the ancient city of Petra. He asked me to type my name in the computer and then handed me [...]
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Entering Another World: Petra
Blog: Ottsworld - 31 January 2011
Petra was the main topic in John William Burgon’s Poem Petra. Referring to it as the inaccessible city which he had heard described but had never seen. The Poem was awarded the Newdigate Prize in 1845 : “ It seems no work of Man’s creative hand, by labour wrought as wavering fancy planned; But from [...]
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Photo of the Week – Petra
Blog: Ottsworld - 28 January 2011
Petra Time Machine - Purchase this Photo This could be the most famous entrance in the world; walking down the Siq to see the first view of the Treasury will give you goosebumps. This shot provides a little mystery and captures the rush of excitement as I walked through the Siq. I spent 2 days [...]
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Unplugged Travel
Blog: Ottsworld - 27 January 2011
Smoke billowed throughout the tent and left the area a-glow in orange. The flames lapped up from beneath the metal spherical disk. She pounded the dough into a flat pizza like form and simultaneously stoked the fire with more wood with her free hand. The spherical metal ‘griddle’ was just the right temperature…thwak! The flattened [...]
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Minimalistic Beverages
Blog: Ottsworld - 24 January 2011
As soon as I entered the house I could smell it. The familiar scent of cardamom – my favorite spice in the whole world. Etedal asked if I wanted some Arabic coffee, of course I did…I had been up for more than 30 hours and if I were going to somehow make it through jetlag [...]
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Photo of the Week – Southern Jordan
Blog: Ottsworld - 21 January 2011
On my drive from Wadi Feynan to Wadi Musa my Bedouin driver kindly stopped for me every time I motioned at my camera. I personally think he enjoyed getting the occasional smoke breaks while I snapped away in awe. This photo just goes to show you how stunning and surprising this country is. The mountains [...]
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Daily Travel Photo – Petra, Jordan
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 9 January 2011
Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Discover great travel photos. No related posts.
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Daily Travel Photo – Petra, Jordan
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 23 November 2010
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Sheik it
Blog: The Saturation Point of Bells - 27 May 2010
So, there I am in Wadi Rum. I have climbed down from the rock where I have watched the sun set behind huge monoliths of roll-topped sandstone, the spindly legs of camels throwing length shadows across the red sand.
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Look Upon This Picture, And On This...
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 26 November 2009
When is a famous historic building not a famous historic building? When it's a scale model, of course.In last week's Canberra post I talked about our visit to Cockington Green Gardens, a tourist attraction filled with miniature replicas of English village settings. However, it also has an international section.
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Lady in Petra
Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009
My guidebook's first line about Petra said that whenever you hear the word Petra, you immediately think of the Nabateans. I don't know about other people, but whenever I think of Petra, I immediately think of Indiana Jones.
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