News and photos
20.12.2003 | Jordan
Tilen had a pleasant and successful day. This evening he and his desert ship reached Egypt, it took 3 hours and Peugeot was first to disembark. About the problems with his car I can say that it is fixed and that Tilen is getting accustomed to a new profession ;-) He will explain it better. (by Rok)
Petra, Aqaba - temperatures below zero, beach workshop
19.12.2003 | Aqaba, Jordan
In Petra, on 1000 metres above sea level, the temperature this morning dropped to chilling -0,4 degrees Centigrade. But as always even this night I enjoyed the comfortable warmth of 22 degrees, but as I was leaving petra at 6 P.M., the temperature was 3,9 degrees Centigrade again.
Wadi Rum, Petra
18.12.2003 | Petra, Jordan
Yesterday I visited Wadi Ram, desert area where TE Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) was attacking Turkish trains on Hejaz railway, connecting Damascus with Mecca. The movie was also in part shot here. I would have never entered the area without knowing that some two hours behind me Oliver, Sandra, Klaus and Barbara were coming. Namely, we didn't choose the normal road all the tourists do, but an access through a side valley, close to Saudi border, which is rarely used and under police control. First I was challenged with some kilometres of mud and then softer sand came. No major problems at all, but later I waited for the others at a beduin tent. I have almost no pictures from yesterday; I could rarely stop and driving needed my complete concentration.
Wadi Rum, off-road
17.12.2003 | Wadi Rum, Jordan
Tilen si fine but his car got in trouble. This is what he says: “OK, just that I foolishly made a mistake twice and Oliver had to pull out of the sand. On bumps everything flew from the car-roof, we fixed that. When we pulled with toyota, the thrust bent the hook of the car, the front frame is also slightly bent. No special crisis, but neither I’m jumping into the air from joy. Torque fenomenal.”
Aqaba – The blue Red Sea
16.12.2003 | Aqaba, Jordan
I was planning to stay in Petra with Barbara and Klaus yesterday, but as we arrived there after a rainy night and a very foggy morning (I couldn't drive faster than 70kph!) around noon, the weather there was also awful. So we continued on to Aqaba, but only after we all together repaired a tyre of Oliver's and Sandra's Toyota, they were namely in Petra as well. We were being extremely wise, but nobody has tried it before. We were reading German, English and Spanish instructions, watched the figures, being very smart, full of advices, everybody tried a bit, but surprisingly, the tyre is fixed and the air isn't escaping any more. Alhamdulillah!