Jordan from the bus

Our quick dash to Petra didn't leave enough time to explore anything in Jordan, but the sights we were able to catch through the window of the bus were exotic enough.







... or not so exotic:



The area we were passing through is called Wadi Rum, one of the most picturesque places in Jordan and is actually a national park there. It is also famous for being the valley through which T.E. Lawrence passed through on his conquests in early 1900's, and where "Lawrence of Arabia" was filmed.





The road we were taking is one of the main highways in Jordan. It starts in Aqaba, Jordan's only port, on the Red Sea. It ends... in Baghdad.



The drinks in Jordan were eerily familiar.



This is a Bedouin camp:



The city of Wadi Musa, the gateway to Petra:



Wadi Musa is where the Jordanian government relocated the Bedouins from Petra. The name comes from a spring that supplies water to both Petra and the new city. The legend is that this is the spring that Moses opened when he struck the rock. (But in reality it's too far away from the route Moses traveled.)