Wednesday, December 27, 2023

24 December 2023 Wadi Rum: Sun City Resort

 


Sun City Camp, home of the huge dome!  We checked into the suite and were amazed at the layout.  We had a sitting room in the center and two bedrooms on either side.  One bedroom had a king bed and the other had two queen beds.  We settled in even though there was a distinct smell in each of the bathrooms, not a good smell either.   We had to close the bathroom doors for the evening.  We moved in and ate our pack lunch that we had made at the breakfast buffet in Amman.   There were small Bedouin style tents and dome tent rooms that they call Martian Tents.  We would have chosen one of them but there were only king beds to choose from and that would mean no sleep for either one of us.  SOo we had a two bedroom Bedouin style cabin. 



We have left the visitor center and we are heading to the camp


Many odd shaped rock formations


Everywhere a face or the shape of an animal


The scale was hard to fathom


The rocks were huge and the distances between them were measured in miles


An arch in the lighter colored rock


Very impressive


Steep canyons


A mix of Arizona and Australia


Domes in the distance!


This is us, a sign for camels


Then some camels


The main entrance


Check in area


Off we go to our place


The small tents


The larger Martian tents


One of the bedrooms


An Arabic lamp in the center with the gathered fabric to make it look like a tent


Bejeweled and delicate


Across the way


They look close but were a mile away at least


Bringing the camel home for the night


Outside our place


Behind our cabin were more rock hills


Leslie on the porch


Me climbing on the rocks


Leslie is still on the porch but you can see the next camp over


Cute bird


A Mourning Wheatear lifebird #2


Playing on the rocks, breaking all the rules


Bringing in a new set of camels for tonight's sunset camel ride


Our cabin with ample space


Meals were served in this tent and it was the only place where to get a wifi signal


It has been 1 year and 202 days since we began our Migration