Wednesday, December 27, 2023

24 December 2023 Wadi Rum: A Wild Dinner Time!

 


We headed off to dinner, barely.  I say that because we had purchased 1 liter bottles of gin at the duty free shop and the first bottle we got was 48%.  That may explain the level of inebriation that we had been able to achieve.  Or perhaps it was mixing drinks in a smaller glass and the ratios got all wrong.  Regardless we got down to the big dome for our dinner.  There was a big show before the food was served as they had to dig it up out of the ground where it had been cooking.  We watched the big reveal and enjoyed it immensely.  The food was over the top good and there were two birthday's that were being celebrated.  They do a big noisy production when bringing out the cake.  We met one of the folks whose birthday it was and he asked if we had gotten any video.  We did, we shared it with them on whatsapp and then talked to them for some length. They live in Delhi and are traveling with their three sons.  It turned out that two of their sons who were twins also were celebrating their birthdays too!


Our fancy lamps


The long walk to dinner


Getting closer


The rocks were all lit up


A big introduction, and the surprise 


Out dinner is under the mound of earth


Can you dig it?


Four folks watching and one working


Our tasty dinner is about to be uncovered


Back to the big dome


The size of this dome is huge


A line of folks at the buffet line


A great big tasty dinner


Deepti and Abhi, one of the three  birthday boys!


Back in the room full and still a bit tipsy


The moon is lighting up the entire camp


Cars off in the distance


Where are they going?


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