Hanging in the Balance: Wadi Rum, Jordan

Well today we are still in Jordan after a great day at Petra yesterday. We stayed at a unique hotel called Taybet Zaman which was a little village like structure of individual villas, restaurant, Turkish bath, craft store etc. It was all made out of stone, inside and out so it felt like you were living in a compound of luxurious caves ...kind of like Petra. Jeff said he felt like he was in the Flinstones house. A different experience. We all forgot bathing suits so we could not enjoy the Turkish baths.Today our Agenda includes a jeep tour through the desert at a place called Wadi Rum, lunch and sightseeing in Aquaba, a beach resort , like Eilat, then back to the border to enter Israel.We then take a flight from Eilat to Tel Aviv. I am writing this on the 50 minute airplane flight. Jordan has been an experience, but I am looking forward to getting back to Israel. There is such s stark contrast once you cross that border ...Israel is beautiful, and sparkles in comparison. Again, like I said in previous blogs I have a sense of peace and tranquility in Israel I have not had in any other country I have visited. In Jordan, I felt the complete opposite, a little tense and uneasy.Not afraid, just out of my comfort zone. There wasn't the hospitality there is in Israel.Our driver picked us up early and we went to Wadi Rum, an area in the desert where Lawrence of Arabia was filmed and he actually lived as well .We got into a jeep and went driving on the desert sand stopping for tea courtesy of Bedouin hospitality( the desert wanderers) and got to see some unusual rock formations and some other areas of interest in this vast desert.Some pictures below....