Disi Village, Wadi Rum, Jordan
Tareef took us south today, almost all the way to the edge of the kingdom (where we'll be tomorrow). On the agenda: desert cycling.
As Mel pointed out, striking up the chorus of
Hakuna Matata, the surfaces we rode on looked very much like cartoon landscapes.
Wadi Rum's reputation is for desert, and we saw plenty of that - mountains, sand dunes, windswept surfaces dotted with scrawny brush.
It's easy to forget that Wadi Rum sits on the great Disi Reservoir. A new project is installing the infrastructure to pipe some of that water north to Amman, Zarqa and Irbid, but in the meantime it's a rich source of water for local agriculture.
Altogether it's a place of contradiction, where desert meets agriculture, flats meet sheer rock faces, and the nomadic meets the settled meets the tourists.
And surprisingly nice cycling with an exceptional group of people from 4 continents. Just watch out for the sand traps!
Tareef took us south today, almost all the way to the edge of the kingdom (where we'll be tomorrow). On the agenda: desert cycling.
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