Category: Petra
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Petra: 2nd October
After waking I jumped into the shower to rinse put the remains of the Dead Sea out of my hair and also off my body. I swear the colour of the water was the colour of the waters in the Dead Sea itself it was so disgusting. My skin felt really soft, smooth and clean…
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Petra: 1st October
I must have got some sleep but it really didn’t feel like that much. I had made my fleece into a pillow and opened up the sleeping bag completely and used it as a quilt. It wasn’t actually that cold, I had a bit of a stiff neck in the morning from a draft going…
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Petra: 30th September
Li il-laha illa Allah Mohammed rasul Allah – good god not again?! I swear it was so loud this morning I thought that the temple was at the bottom of my bed (perhaps the use of God was not a good choice of word!) Another 5am wake up call – thankfully I managed to turn…
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Petra: 29th Sept
La il-laha illa Allah Mohammed rasul Allah (There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet) – the call to prayer, or part of it, was how we were awoken at 5am this morning. The temple or rather mosque sounded as though it was on our balcony it was so blooming loud which…
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Petra: 28th September
I alighted the plane to a wash of claret coloured 70’s/early 80’s fabric on the seats of the plane. I had sent the entire time before boarding the plane trying to spot the Explore! tags on people’s hand luggage – it was like playing ‘Where’s Wally?’ though! I found a couple briefly but then never…
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