Daily activities
March 2006
- Tuesday
Departure
Tønsberg
- Wednesday
First Day Eilat
- Thursday
Orientation
- Friday
Loafing
- Saturday
Masada
and
Jerusalem
- Sunday
Jerusalem
and
Dead Sea
- Monday
Eilat
- Tuesday
Red Sea
- Wednesday
Post Office
- Thursday
Orientation
- Friday
On the Beach
April 2006
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Summing it all up.
This was a day trip through four border checks and a total of 13 hours. Worth it.
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To the left is Bjørn our nice tour guide. A Swedish born FN
soldier that settled in Israel in the 70ties. Nice company, Sven from Denmark and Martin. |
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Border crossing to Jordan. No mans land. Walking between the borders. Friendly neighbors. |
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Sven and Vivian under the picture of the Jordan king. Our friendly bus driver, Hassan el Said. |
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Møvenpick hotel in Aqaba. Another picture for the same hotel where we picked up some more guests for the trip to Petra. |
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New houses are coming up as Jordan gear up for mass tourism. The new highway to Petra. |
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Industrial area in Aqaba. It's a tax free zone, trying to
get international investor interested. Mountain on the way to Petra. |
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Martin outside the half way stop to Petra. Above right, coffee thick as porridge and tasted like mud at US $ 2,- a shot. Total waste of money. Below right, Martin and Marianne outside the local tourist shop on the entrance to the Petra complex. |
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In front of the tourist complex of the city hall. Menahem Raz from Sweden doing some horse dealing with the local Arabs. |
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One of the many caves, basically for royal tombs.
The main entrance to the cave complex. |
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You really feel small among these enormous steep cliffs. And the sun do come down in many place.s |
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Niches carved out of the solid sand stone used for oil lamps
or for pictures of their Gods. The main temple carved out of solid rock. Impressive. |
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Vivan and Sven in the main area in front of the temple. Martin at the same place. |
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Well dressed for the occasion. Muslim girls with father for
a walk. Crossed Vivian with Sven. Sven just smiles and enjoys it all. Very easygoing character. Nice too ;-)) |
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My newfound friend Menahem Raz from Sweden. Speaks loader than
10 donkeys can bleat. Nice, friendly Swede with history from kibbutz in
Israel. Our friendly guide, Bjørn busy on the telephone fixing us lunch. |
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The stone structured, carved out of sand stone by hand are
ever so impressive every time you see a new one. Another cave. They are used as tombs, not dwellings. |
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Modern day storm drain. It does still rain in Petra and some
years back, 35 tourists were taken by storm water and drowned or crushed to
death by the water. Modern day adaptation of the caves. Now with window glass. |
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Sven is tying is ruck sack to his back, but the belly strap
hardly makes it around his protruding belly. And in the end, Vivan couldn't take it any more and order a horse drawn taxi the last 300 meters. Sven and Vivian got their worst ride of their life according to themselves. |
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Close to Aqaba, the railroad. Originally constructed by the
Turks in the 1890ties for transporting troops down along the Jordan valley. Detail of today's train, tugging on heave car loads of minerals from the Dead Sea. |
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And after passport control, security checks and an extra check, Martin on his way over to the Israeli side seen here in the sun set and in no man's land. |
The next day was the last day
at Eilat and a second trip onto the Red Sea for some snorkeling.