The day after Petra, we traveled to Wadi Rum, one of themost beautiful places on earth! On the way we stopped at Little Petra and sawone of oldest paintings in the area. It is 2000 years old. The detail in thepainting was so intricate and it brought to light just how detailed theNabateans actually were.
Then we headed to Wadi Rum for one of the bestexperiences of my life. We went out into the middle of nowhere into God’scountry and slept in a Bedouin style camp and ate like they ate. We drove jeepsinto the wilderness and then watched a magnificent sunset off this cliff…doesit really get any better than this? We slowly climbed up a sand dune and randown it…our tour guide fell because he ran too fast and lost control…seriouslyone of the funniest things ever. Seeing him wipeout, I didn’t go down quite asfast as he did, but it sure was an awesome experience!!!
After the sunset, we headed to the campsite for dinner,dancing, singing and just a great time. I could just imagine how Abraham, Isaacand Jacob lived in the desert, or even Moses and God’s people for that matter.It was definitely a highlight on the trip.
The next morning, several of us got up at 5:30 and rodecamels back to the main campsite checkin point. What an experience that was! Westopped along the way and watched the sunrise. Words can’t describe the beautyof the sun coming up over the mountains in the Wadi Rum desert!!!
