Day 91: Wadi Run, Jordan

Day 91:Wadi Rum…today we took cool jeeps to Wadi Rum (Moon Valley), this is where Lawrence of Arabia lived and where parts of his movie was filmed. Lawrence of Arabia helped free Jordan and other part of the middle east from the Ottoman Turkish Empire. It was cool to see all the different shapes of the mountains as this was once under the water. It reminded me a lot of Death Valley and the Grand Canyon. We then headed to the Bedouin camp we were going to be staying at. The bathrooms were really cool as they were built into the mountain. We >then met Mohammed who was the Bedouin leader there. Bedouins are nomadic tribes originating from Saudi Arabia. They migrate thru the dessert and other places in search of water and food. They usually set up camp in black tents. Our tents were a little more modern. Mohammed came fully dresed in traditional Bedouin clothes. He was quite the character. He was short about 5’5’’, with his traditional Bedouin clothes and hair that was literally plaster to his head as if he had a tons of hair spray. Mohammed was a modern day Bedouin with sunglasses, a cell phone in one hand and cigarette in the other. Tracy my new friend on the tour who was from San Fran, could not help but laugh at his hair and the funny noises he was making to make us laugh and then he started to try and sing some of the American songs we were playing. That night we saw a bunch of stars up in the sky.