Eowyn digs into leftovers for breakfast. She has taken shining to the food – falafel, hoummas, foul, bread and chili!! Oh yea, and oranges and dates, especially dates. We take a quick walk around Aqaba in the morning. Stop in a wonderful bakery to pick up fresh bread and some sweets then stop for a coffee and fresh juice. It is already hot and only 8am…We drive the hour or so to Wadi Rum. Before we drive in we ask about camping restrictions. None – we can drive anywhere and camp anywhere just no burning of fires. Great! This beautiful Reserve is famous in the West as the place where Lawrence of Arabia hung out but has a rich history of the Bedouin otherwise and is stunningly beautiful. Eowyn is reflecting our vocabulary and now says "ooohhh amazing" of "ohhh beautiful" "look! A mountain!". Stanley is now getting her to ass "papa" at the end of the amazing and beautiful sentences so now she says "ooohhh amazing papa". We spend the day driving through sand dunes (and getting stuck) and winding through the valleys lined with (oooohhh) amazing (papa) rocky mountains and hills. In the late afternoon we find a spot to watch the sunset and set up camp. It is great to be back out camping in the desert with space, silence and the stars.
Info to date: Current elevation 1,074 m. Trip distance: 7,961km.Moving average 50.8km/h. Max speed 113km/h.
