So it's been over three weeks since I posted. Kinda hard to believe. I guess time flies when you're having fun. Or studying Arabic. Same thing, right? So the couple weeks after my last post were busy but nothing exceptional occurred. Or at least not anything where I remembered to bring along my scarf. But this past week. Ho ho lemme tell ya, this last week was crazy awesome.
Because this last week was Eid al-Adha (basically one of the biggest holidays in the Muslim calendar) we left Amman for a few days and did some sight-seeing. Have you ever explored a castle built by the Crusaders? This man and his scarf now have, first at Karak:
And then later that same day at Shoubak. Sometimes there are cool tunnels underneath Crusader castles you can walk through and take epic pictures.
The day after Petra we went to Wadi Rum. Wadi Rum is basically this really awesome desert valley out in the middle of nowhere. Seriously, so beautiful. We spent the first part of the morning driving through the desert in the back of pickup trucks. Driving through the desert in the back of a pickup truck gives a man and his scarf some wicked cool windswept hair.
Because this last week was Eid al-Adha (basically one of the biggest holidays in the Muslim calendar) we left Amman for a few days and did some sight-seeing. Have you ever explored a castle built by the Crusaders? This man and his scarf now have, first at Karak:
And then later that same day at Shoubak. Sometimes there are cool tunnels underneath Crusader castles you can walk through and take epic pictures.
The following day we went to Petra. If you ever get the chance to go to Petra, take it. Seriously, it was so stinkin' cool. We spent the whole day hiking around and checking out the ruins of the Nabataean civilization carved into the sides of the mountains. Of course, an obligatory picture in front of the Treasury (you know, the one that's in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) was needed. However, not all shots of the Treasury are equal. A man and his scarf always seek out the most epic of photo ops. You have no idea what we went through to get to this overlook (but it was totally worth it):
My mouth is open because I'm saying, "I don't know what to do with my hands."
Photobombed. I appreciate a good photobomb though.
After the pickup trucks we went the rest of the way across the valley on camelback. Yes, you heard that right. This man and his scarf traversed the desert on a camel. I know you're tempted to be overwhelmingly impressed by this. Remain calm, citizens. It's just how I and my scarf do. Also, it's possible that they gave me the smallest camel there so I may have looked a little silly. It was still awesome though.
The day after Wadi Rum we went snorkeling in the Gulf of Aqaba. Unfortunately I have no pictures of that. It was su-weet though. A great week of adventures!
