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Jordan 2010

Met up with my friend Laura in Tel Aviv, and then made our way down to Eilat, and across into Jordan where we visited Wadi Rum, Petra, Shawbak, Karak, Amman, Madaba, and the Dead Sea over the course of a week. Then back out through Eilat and Tel Aviv again. It was an amazing trip, and Jordan is an incredibly beautiful country, hope you enjoy the photos!
Tel Aviv beach. Eilat beach in the morning. Eilat beachfront shopping. Aqaba beaches and the gigantic Aqaba Flagpole, which was annoyingly not flying a flag any day we were there. Sunset over the hills of Eilat, from Aqaba.
Flags at the Wadi Rum Visitor's Center. Panorama from the Wadi Rum Visitor's Center. Why thank you! Rum Village. g3/78/587478/3/123217724.IO4bKHe8.jpg
Near the Lawrence Spring. g3/78/587478/3/123217727.PiHygeav.jpg g3/78/587478/3/123217728.foMk5HXi.jpg Our Jeep and driver, his name was Zidane. Climbing up to a spot for a good photo!
Giddy as a schoolboy. The tallest mountain in the area, Jebel Rum (Mount Rum), is on the right in the background. Zidane waiting patiently for us. 2000 year old cave carvings. Khazali Canyon. Jeep with Jebel Rum looming in the background.
Mountains in the lowering sun. Jebel Rum. Sunset take one (it just went behind a mountain at this point, we later drove around to find another spot for another go at it). Wide shot of above, stitched from a few shifted 17mm shots. Laura just after sunset.
Lots of other jeeps watching the sunset. Sunset take 2. g3/78/587478/3/123217749.99wK6F1A.jpg Chillin in our tent with some Bedouin tea. Digging dinner out of the ground...
Mmmm... g3/78/587478/3/123217755.HJhVaVn1.jpg Chicken and lots of various vegetables. The Moon. Our camp illuminated by moonlight.
Residents of another camp waiting for sunrise. Sunrise! My little bird friend that joined me for the sunrise. Tilted sunrise over our camp. g3/78/587478/3/123217770.g1xqkFay.jpg
g3/78/587478/3/123217772.QBsubCRz.jpg Shadows! g3/78/587478/3/123217776.oWM7WGZW.jpg g3/78/587478/3/123217779.L9NNBaM5.jpg g3/78/587478/3/123217781.6fcOOA2Z.jpg
Our luxury suite in the camp. Guest rooms. Jebel Rum, doing my best David Lean here. Laura on camelback! g3/78/587478/3/123217792.eXuNnq46.jpg
g3/78/587478/3/123217796.mq3pBqWX.jpg g3/78/587478/3/123217798.LHOO5pBj.jpg Laura in front of Jebel Rum. Bedouin sandboarding! Carving it up.
Jebel Rum. g3/78/587478/3/123217812.AILrxB32.jpg Big Red Sand Dune. View from the top of the dune. g3/78/587478/3/123217820.n15BuXLn.jpg
g3/78/587478/3/123217823.fz90XIbK.jpg g3/78/587478/3/123217825.3j4xgzdO.jpg g3/78/587478/3/123217829.Na2ojqz6.jpg Camel in front of Jebel Rum. g3/78/587478/3/123217834.8iuYjqVF.jpg
A couple climbing the sand dune we were on. Our camels and guide. Camel face! Us on our camels. g3/78/587478/3/123217847.rpjLngvJ.jpg
g3/78/587478/3/123217850.B63E4cne.jpg g3/78/587478/3/123217853.ftwWwFZW.jpg Lawrence's house, what pathetic bits are left of it. g3/78/587478/3/123217860.TBSV5Pjj.jpg g3/78/587478/3/123217863.igBvdP3s.jpg
g3/78/587478/3/123217867.7ucPZK3R.jpg One of the arches in the region. The overland road to Aqaba. The Nafud! The Sun's Anvil! g3/78/587478/3/123217874.HMCbthpv.jpg g3/78/587478/3/123217877.UMw2RGWC.jpg
Camel orgy. Camel writhing about. A few seconds later the camel carrying all my gear would do this exact same thing and break my tripod. Sunset day two. g3/78/587478/3/123217886.ZaDouy9t.jpg g3/78/587478/3/123217887.XmKsPZIx.jpg
3am Milky Way. Laura and the Milky Way! Stars rotating around the North Star. Rum village as we left. Classy.
The hills of Petra. Descending into Petra. g3/78/587478/3/123217900.YKhG8XFO.jpg Entrance to the Siq, the narrow canyon leading to the Treasury and the rest of Petra. Water channel dug into the side wall of the Siq.
The Siq. The Siq. The Siq. The Siq. The Treasury!
The Royal Tombs. Roman theater. Royal tombs. Royal tombs. The theater viewed from the tombs.
g3/78/587478/3/123217920.ZUqR3qa7.jpg Royal tombs. Inside one of the royal tombs. Byzantine church mosaics. g3/78/587478/3/123217926.iFEUG3hl.jpg
Only freestanding building in the area, one of the Nabataean temples. Local man perched on top of the Monastery, seen from behind. The Monastery. Laura in front of the Monastery. The hills by the Monastery.
Laura embraces the sun and its dogs. g3/78/587478/3/123217936.fgSsQT96.jpg g3/78/587478/3/123217938.6hySwA9a.jpg Laura and me in front of the Monastery. It's large. Extreme wide angle of the monastery. ~10mm, stitched from 13 shifted shots with the 17mm TS.
Cool natural rock colors. The Roman colonnaded street in the heart of Petra. Abandoned Treasury after sunset. Perspective corrected Treasury. Petra day two, first views of the Treasury.
g3/78/587478/3/123217950.cDnpHuwP.jpg g3/78/587478/3/123217952.MJ5uXH8x.jpg Bullethole ridden sculptures in the treasury facade. Treasury area, slightly crowded. Across from the treasury, the end of the Siq.
Hiking up above the royal tombs, mini petra! Ultra-wide shot from above the treasury. ~10mm, stitched from 13 shifted shots with the 17mm TS. g3/78/587478/3/123217961.2Y2UPEzj.jpg g3/78/587478/3/123217963.JYmJpOZr.jpg Mini treasury!
Blue lizard companion. Cat protector of the treasury. Actually an extremely pathetic cataract-ridden kitty. g3/78/587478/3/123217970.a8wes07W.jpg g3/78/587478/3/123217971.1GvAGu5a.jpg Another lizard companion.
Roman theater. The temple. Fallen column in the temple. Wide shot of the temple. Royal tombs.
Weathered facade at the royal tombs. Soldier's tomb. Climbing up to the High Place of Sacrifice. g3/78/587478/3/123217982.KNPE44qz.jpg g3/78/587478/3/123217983.lAsl2vO8.jpg
g3/78/587478/3/123217984.yLNPLU2O.jpg The top of the monastery visible from the High Place of Sacrifice. The Royal tombs, seen from the High Place of Sacrifice. Strange colored cloud, not sure what caused this, maybe some kind of parhelion/sundog formation. The High Place of Sacrifice.
Panorama of the main street and tombs of Petra, from the High Place of Sacrifice. The Treasury, on our way out. Racing through the Siq. Sunset over Wadi Musa, the town just outside of Petra. Heading back into Petra for Petra by Night. Entrance lit by moonlight and candlelight.
The Siq. The Treasury at night. g3/78/587478/3/123217998.ozwx0j8I.jpg The Siq and Treasury at night. Shawbak castle, one of many crusader castles throughout Jordan, but a particularly nice one.
Shawbak castle. Shawbak castle. Shawbak castle. Laura at Shawbak castle. Shawbak hillside goatherding!
Shawbak hillsides. Laura embraces the sun, again! Shawbak castle. The hills of the Dana Nature Reserve. On the way to Karak.
Karak castle, not sure that canon is original... Inside Karak castle. Karak castle. Karak countryside. Karak castle.
Amman. The Roman theater in Amman. View from the top of the Roman Theater, with the Citadel looming on the hill in the background. Laura at the Roman theater. Market in Amman.
Waiting for an order. Mosaic map in the Greek Orthodox church at Madaba. Madaba church mosaics. Madaba Greek Orthodox church. Dead Sea sunset.
Dead Sea sunset. Dead Sea sunset. Dead Sea sunset. Floating in the Dead Sea at sunrise. Superman!
Wadi Al-Mujib Gorge, magnificent! Wadi Al-Mujib Gorge. Goodbye Jordan! Moon rising over the hills of Aqaba. Sunset on the hills of Aqaba.

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Guest 09-Oct-2010 18:53
cool gallery , I want to go there, what where the locals like for taking portraits ?
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