We start on a early morning and leave the city before traffic rush hour. Madaba is the first stop before heading down, down and down to the dead sea. Some 1200 m lower we reach the lowest point on earth: -400 m below sea level. Beautiful green colors and very very salty water. Luckily it's dry and much warmer than in Amman.
For the next 350 km we follow the valley to Aqaba. The landscape is changing between sandy dust and green oasis's, traffic is low, but beware of the truck drivers trying to be multitasking (drive, take over, be on the phone and wave; men can do everything at once, we know that!!!). They are also the ones to invite us for tea.
Villages are very scarce, finding camping spots is easy. In comparison finding food can be tricky: we would never have guessed that there is a supermarket in that hut!
Wherever we stop, we are often surrounded by men; women are not very commonly seen in public. And if, they don't usually talk to us which is very sad...
On our way we have been invited for tea by the police, the civil defense or the military. It's difficult to make some progress, so sometimes we pretend not to hear their invitation call. The poor guys are simply BORED!
We reach Aqaba four days later and take the ferry to Nuweiba, Egypt.
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| beautiful downhill to the dead sea |
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| sleeping at Wadi Mujib chalets |
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| The Dead Sea: green, blue, beautiful |
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| let water make the desert bloom |
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| arabic advertisement |
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| this is a men's world |
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| camping in the dead sea valley |
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| water makes the whole difference |
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| supermarket ! |
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| watch the driver: multitasking is possible, even for men! |
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| 3333 km! and a still sleepy Yann. |
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| a donation from the people of China to the people of Jordan ? (in the middle of nowhere) |
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| use skin cream, or you will look like this (Yann!) |
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| bye Jordan; hello Egypt |
