PHOTOS OF JORDAN
Wadi Rum :
some favourite places
See the Wadi Rum pages for full information on Wadi Rum


Heading out on camels   

Just in front of Jebel Khazali, there is a point where the red sand suddenly becomes white sand. It happens as if a line had been drawn across the desert. There seems no reason for it, the wind wafts the sand from one place to another, but the red sand remains red and the white sand remains white. This is one of the "sights" of Wadi Rum - the "coloured sand area".

Sunrise in Wadi Um Ishrin Jebel Qattar in the distance at twilight

The entrance to the Barragh Canyon from Um Zeliga

Entrance to and exit from the Barragh Canyon

This boulder is lying on the ground just behind Jebel Anafishiya. Nobody I spoke to has any idea what the inscription means, but it must surely have been important to have been cut so very deeply into the stone. It isn't on the road to anywhere, it doesn't seem to refer to hunting and it is in a blind valley where it is most unlikely to be seen by accident. If anybody knows anything about this, do please call me!

Jebel Um Adaami, almost on the Saudi border.
The climb is arduous but not otherwise difficult, and the views make everything worth it!


Rain in Wadi Rum!

The bridge on Jebel Burdah and the view from there

 

 


Moonrise

 

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Other pages in the Photo Gallery

Petra, Petra : rocks and mountains, Petra : Baida, Aqaba, Jerash, Mount Nebo, the Dead Sea and Madaba, Kings' Highway, Wadi Mujib and Dana, Um Qais and Ajlun, The Desert Castles

Wadi Rum, Wadi Rum page 2 - off the beaten track in Wadi Rum, Wadi Rum page 3 - cliffs and climbs in Wadi Rum,
Wadi Rum page 4 - horses and camels in Wadi Rum, Wadi Rum page 5 - some favourite places

The Bedouin of Wadi Rum, Some people in Jordan,

The wildlife of Jordan,  Underwater photos

 

Online November2002