The last stop on our itinerary was Wadi Rum, 'Valley of the Moon' about an hours drive from Aqaba. Splitting up into three 4x4's we headed off to the Jordanian desert for an exhilarating ride up and down the sand dunes. It was awesome. We stopped off a few times for photos (I may have …
The next day, Petra proper. In a word, Wow. And maybe lets use that word once more - wow. A UNESCO World Heritage site, it is a 1.2km long gorge with 80m cliffs towering above it. It truly felt out of this world, and most like a Star Wars set. I didn’t know so many …
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Up early the following morning we met our tour guide and driver – and headed to Madaba to look at a 6th Century mosaic map of the area (Palestine/Jerusalem/ Nile Delta) which was discovered under the floor of the Greek Orthodox Basilica of Saint George. It’s quite hard to get your head around how old …
I decided when I moved back to Europe Jordan would be top of my places to go. Petra and Wadi Rum (the desert) looked absolutely out of this world, and of course, being so close to the Red Sea, I’d want to do some diving as well. So, when the Girls That Scuba email landed …
Boys vs IDF - Rocks vs Tear Gas https://www.facebook.com/weeze.coulcher/videos/10156703158373331/?l=9091539571171413191 Fellow tourist to me - 'I think the tour of the refugee camp might be cancelled!' Me: "why?" T: 'They're throwing tear gas down at some people!' When I relayed this to my guide, he laughed out loud and said if they (the Palestinians) let something …
You'd think walking around refugee camps would my most emotionally difficult experience whilst visiting Palestine, but it was Hebron that really broke my heart. Walking through a cobbled marketplace that should have been bright and bustling with laughter, gossip and bargaining attempts was cold, dark, almost empty, with many derelict looking shut shops, overshadowed, literally, by …
What do you think of when you hear the name Palestine? Do you know anything about Palestine? Palestinians? Just take a moment. What are the first images that come to your mind? Thoughts. Questions. Is it an actual country? Is it safe? Why would I even want to visit there? I first learnt there was a 'situation' …
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