Wadi Rum & Petra

Started off this morning by 7 am heading toward Wadi Rum.  Our taxi driver  pulled up to Toyota 4x4 and we were introduced to our driver and he helped us in to the box of the truck which had 2 benches for us to sit on.  We looked very cold so the driver gave Sacha his nice warm camel coat.  I snuggled up to her so that I didn't turn into a Popsicle and off went to explore.  Wadi means valley and Rum means high altitude.  That is exactly what we were seeing high messa and sand valleys.  The colors were spectacular, beige, orange and red.  The rock formations are formed by the wind and rain, unbelieveable sights to see.  We stopped for breakfast and before we knew it they had a fire going for tea and our bread was being warmed on the fire.  They had goat cheese and olive oil for us to dip our bread in, we couldn't believe how tasty it was.  Once we finished our tea we carried on seeing more sights.  We must have been running out or time because our drive back to the taxi was quite fast.  Had the feel of being in a sand storm.  Good fun many laughs.

We continued on heading to Petra on the old King's Highway.  We climbed to an altitude of 1400 m above sea level.  Couldn't believe they were farmi g up there.  Our driver told us they were farming wheat in the sand and rock.  Beautiful sights along the way.  We arrived and checked into our hotel. We headed down to check out the sights .  More details tomorrow.