Let me start with some intro about the place. Wadi Rum is a protected area covering 720 square kilometers of dramatic desert wilderness in the south of Jordan. Huge mountains of sandstone and granite emerge, sheer-sided, from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of 1700 meters and more. Narrow canyons and fissures cut deep into the mountains and many conceal ancient rock drawings etched by the peoples of the desert over millennia. Bedouin tribes still live among the mountains of Rum and their large goat-hair tents are a special feature of the landscape. The temperatures can vary from a daytime average of 32°C down to 4°C at night.
There are various of camps available in Wadi Rum to stay and we chose Bait Ali as the environment are better compare to others. We chose to stay in chalet as well not going for tent stay as I am worried that I will have thousands of mosquitoes bites as souvenirs home. This is something that freak me out when I read those comments online about the tent stay.
The main entrance of the camp.
In Bait Ali, you can choose to stay either on tent(right) or the chalet(left).
Closer look of the chalets. All houses in Amman are square, even chalets!
The interior.
Bathroom with hot shower in desert is something luxury :)
The living room once you enter from the main door.
The lounge. We had our breakfast and dinner here.
Swimming pool in the desert is something extra-ordinary too :)
A big aloe plant in desert, something that worth a picture!
On jeep tour around the desert.
Our driver told us that there is a hot spring in between the rocks but we didn't climb it as the route seems a bit dangerous. We were not prepare ourselves for any hiking.
The sands are red!
The "Siq" in Wadi Rum.
Picture taken by my friend, Nicole. You can see how tired I was. Walking through the sands for an hour ain't not easy.
Our driver.
Historical writing on the wall.
The most interesting spot, Umm Fruth or known as "stone bridge".
The guys climbed up!
To climb up was easy and they had difficulty to come down. Thus, they get the young driver to guide them.
We were sleeping at the empty land between the chalets and the tents to catch the shooting stars. It was my very 1st experience to see so many shooting stars in one night. And of course I made my wish once I caught a shooting star. So I got lots of wishes! All of us were closing our eyes due to the strong flash from the camera and suppose our environment was dark and quiet. The mosquitoes were having "International buffet" while we were enjoying the shooting stars! :)
We just spent a night at Wadi Rum and the next day we headed to Aqaba for a seafood lunch before going back to Amman.
Glass boat adventure at Aqaba. The temperature was 40 celcius! My face was all red cause by the hot weather :(
And who knows our car air conditioner broke down on the way back to Amman. So it was like double killing! Anyway, we did enjoyed the trip and looking foward for more trips in future :)
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