So, after we spent our 4 days in Sinai we continued on to Wadi Rum (Wah-dee Rum). Wadi Rum is a protected area of 720 square kilometers where you can go hiking, camping, and a multitude of other cool activities. It is the largest Wadi in Jordan. There are people living in Wadi Rum, Bedouin tribes in their goat-hair tents. The name Rum probably comes from a Aramaic root meaning 'high' or 'elevated'. Quite right, too. Millenniums ago Wadi Rum was 
probably a vast area of rock and sandstone stretching up very high off the ground. But over the years the wind has eroded the rock down until, today, Wadi Rum is a sandy desert with only rock formations here and there. And all the sand on the ground (and there is a lot of sand) is the sand that was eroded from the rocks all those centuries ago. And it's still eroding even as I type this! You know, in a 40 or 50 years, there will be nothing left of the great rock formations towering over the plains in Jordan.
We drove to Wadi Rum in a taxi, looked at the visitor center, and then went to meet a person Dad had contacted named Seleem (Sell-eem). The men there wear clothing that consists of long white pants with a long white... dress, sort of over the pants. They also wear a khafias, which is a traditional Arabic head-wrapping, I can't really describe it.
After we met with Seleem, we got a guide to take us around. He was really nice. First we went to
Laurence's spring and climbed a rock formation there. We climbed a couple other formations, too, that day. It was fun, even though it hurt our hands. Also, it was easy going up but hard getting down. After we went climbing in the paces we went to watch the sunset. It was a beautiful sunset.
We spent the night in a Bedouin tent with another couple. It was fun
sleeping out in the desert. The next day Dad, the other couple, and I went around to some other places together. At one point the guide and the other man played an Arabic game together, as you can see in the picture. The couple were nice and I liked them. Around noon we (regretfully) left Wadi Rum and continued our trip to Petra.
I <3 the desert!
probably a vast area of rock and sandstone stretching up very high off the ground. But over the years the wind has eroded the rock down until, today, Wadi Rum is a sandy desert with only rock formations here and there. And all the sand on the ground (and there is a lot of sand) is the sand that was eroded from the rocks all those centuries ago. And it's still eroding even as I type this! You know, in a 40 or 50 years, there will be nothing left of the great rock formations towering over the plains in Jordan.We drove to Wadi Rum in a taxi, looked at the visitor center, and then went to meet a person Dad had contacted named Seleem (Sell-eem). The men there wear clothing that consists of long white pants with a long white... dress, sort of over the pants. They also wear a khafias, which is a traditional Arabic head-wrapping, I can't really describe it.
After we met with Seleem, we got a guide to take us around. He was really nice. First we went to
Laurence's spring and climbed a rock formation there. We climbed a couple other formations, too, that day. It was fun, even though it hurt our hands. Also, it was easy going up but hard getting down. After we went climbing in the paces we went to watch the sunset. It was a beautiful sunset.We spent the night in a Bedouin tent with another couple. It was fun
sleeping out in the desert. The next day Dad, the other couple, and I went around to some other places together. At one point the guide and the other man played an Arabic game together, as you can see in the picture. The couple were nice and I liked them. Around noon we (regretfully) left Wadi Rum and continued our trip to Petra.I <3 the desert!
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