If you give Jordan one compliment, it’s that she looks the part. You go through that countryside and think to yourself, “Man, this even looks biblical.” I suppose that my first inkling of just how significant my host-country really is came over the first hill our bus attempted en route to Petra. We chugged to [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 10, 2008
Wadi Rum
Let me show you the stars, he said. And he wasn’t kidding. Drawn in precise blue pen and meticulously crafted in a copy-book, I looked down, concealed under a heavy Bedouin tent to see the firmament that spun somewhere above. It had been a long day, whisked at an almost unmerciful pace by the men [...]
June 4, 2008
The Battle for Freedom
I would tell you more about the ferry ride from Nuweiba to Aqaba, Jordan, but I can’t remember it. The 14 hour busride from Cairo to Sinai and the ensuing excitement in boarding our transit across the Red Sea plum tuckered me out. I cuddled up with Mike’s huge, pastel blanket and proceded to sleep for [...]
