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Saudi Arabia – The Empty Quarter
In addition to a leisurely Red Sea coastal drive there were two major attractions ahead of us in the southern part of Saudi Arabia - historic Rijal Almaa ( just west of Abha ) and, “Inshallah” ( god willing ) with the necessary permits, a visit to the edge of Saudi’s...
Saudi – Red Sea Coast
Leaving the spectacular oasis/canyon of Wadi Disah last week, the landscape all the way to Umm Lajj ( on the Red Sea coast ) was probably as boring and monotonous as we have seen in Saudi - lots of sand, lots of camels, and a few small towns in between. More than...
Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 : The Road To Al Ula
When planning our route around the Arabian Penisula, for a variety of reasons travelling “anticlockwise” made most sense - so from Jordan the next country on our itinerary was Saudi Arabia, by far the biggest of the Persian Gulf states and hence likely where we will...
More Jordan 🇯🇴
Rather than head straight to nearby Wadi Rum from Petra, we first made a little detour to Aqaba, Jordan’s main ( and only ! ) port at the very south end of the country ( at the very north end of the Red Sea). Road to the Red Sea ( Aqaba ). Lots of signs like...
The Middle East: Jordan
I think it was the poet Burns who first mused about the “best laid plans”, and how they often came undone. Perhaps even back then it was ‘travel’ plans he was talking about - certainly this past week threw us a couple of a curveballs, one fairly minor, the other,...
Christmas at Home
A short blog this week to welcome in the New Year and let folks know that we have just left Kelowna and have headed back to Europe to be reunited with our rig. We’ll have more to share re “what’s next” in the subsequent blog but here are some brief tidbits about our...
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