Showing posts with label Wadi Rum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wadi Rum. Show all posts

The Unlikeliness of Being a Speck in the Otherworldly Wadi Rum | Jordan

October 28, 2016


The landscape of Wadi Rum almost empties your soul of worldly worries. Looking at the immense rolling hills entwined with chiseled canyons and sand dunes blemished by camel footprints, one is reminded of the words of British archaeologist, military officer, and diplomat Thomas Edward Lawrence more famously known as Lawrence of Arabia, when he described Wadi Rum as “vast, echoing, and God-like.

Desert Glamping at Sun City Camp | Wadi Rum, Jordan

August 09, 2016


My first time spending a night in the desert was in Jaisalmer the day before Holi Festival in 2014. It was a wonderful experience sleeping on just a single mattress laid out over soft fine sands—under a canopy of stars. I would have been fine with a similar simple set-up for our accommodation in Wadi Rum. But man oh man, imagine my surprise upon seeing the place we would camp that night. It was like straight from a folk tale from Arabian Nights.