I was woken by the sound of farm animals (roosters and goats) making their morning sounds and got up at about 5.30am to go for a walk. It was still very cold but walking warmed me a little. I couldn’t actually see the sunrise as it was on the other side of the mountain and would have taken me hours to climb over or walk around the mountain. Everywhere there is soft sand that you sink into making walking for me a slow affair. It was wonderful though to watch the sun hit some of the surrounding mountains and then make its way down those mountains as the sun rose.
Breakfast was served; it was a simple but filling fare and slowly the guests left until there was just me. Salman arrived at around 8am and we went for a drive in the wadi (valley).
We started to drive into another section of the wadi and came across some camels just wandering around. One camel, in particular, became very curious and at one point I was running backwards to retreat from an animal that seemed to eat everything – including the car!
Jebel Khazali is a narrow siq (canyon) that had some cool rock art and inscriptions. Some climbing and walking along narrow ledges were required here.
Surprisingly there was a small amount of vegetation in this area.
The day was starting to warm up so we stopped for a Bedouin tea.
Next we went to a high sand dune.
Wadak Rock Bridge is listed as easy to climb but still took me some effort to get up to. The view was completely worth it I must say.
It would be fair to say that the scenery of Wadi Rum was amazing. Salman had invited me to his family house in the village and of course I said yes. I took the last couple of photos of Wadi Rum and kept reminding myself that I am one lucky person! Then we headed to Wadi Rum village.
