One of the things that Nadia's family wanted to do was a sightseeing trip for a couple of days. A family friend offered the use of his vehicles and himself as a guide. Turns out he was not only guiding us and driving us, but he brought along his second wife and her two young children. We were supposed to leave for Amman at 6 AM, and we did reasonably well considering how early it was; we said our final goodbyes to the extended family at 6:40. We followed the two vehicles. First stop was Mt Nebo. We skipped that and spent extra time in Madaba.
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| Fresh Squeezed Pomegranate Juice in Madaba |
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| Ruins in Madaba |
Next stop was Mujib Dam,
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| On the south rim of the Mujib Canyon--Mujib Dam below and to the right |
then Kerak Castle. Here was the first difference. Our guide had scheduled 15 minute stops every hour to look at things. The family had envisioned visiting places, not just viewing them. And so as well as looking at the castle from a distance, we stopped and toured the castle. A party of 14 people does not tend to move efficiently, at least not our party.
After the castle, we continued on the King's Highway, but the lead car developed car trouble, stopping every half hour or so to change out batteries in the trucks.
At that point we moved onto the quicker Desert Highway and limped into Wadi Rum around 9 PM The car stayed in the parking lot, and we climbed into the back of the pickup truck which set off across the sand in 4wd mode for the Sunrise Camp, the first camp which had been created in the area. There were a lot of fun rocks to climb, and we had the Zarb barbecue which had been cooked underground.
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| The main tent for Sunrise Camp was built around a rock |
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