Looking forward to the pics and more stories.
Meanwhile....keep enjoying!
DOMINION! MH Invades Jordan
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more-sedatives-pls
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Yeah right.....mh wrote:I totally recommend this country - git yo asses over here!
Some of us got to WORK, y'know.... spreadsheets and s**t like that.
Enjoy the trip, mh! [And it sure seems like you're doing just that!
]Immodium for the people
I've been there too back in 2001 when the troubles in Israël had just started again, so unfortunately we couldn't make it to Jerusalemmh wrote:I totally recommend this country - git yo asses over here!
But Petra is bloody fantastic indeed
Keep on enjoying!!!!!
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Obviousman
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Sounds stunning, damn
Lots of photos of landscapes and desert panoramas. I hope you like photos of landscapes and desert panoramas.
Due back home tomorrow, so I'll stick some of them up then.
Due back home tomorrow, so I'll stick some of them up then.
If I told them once, I told them a hundred times to put 'Spinal Tap' first and 'Puppet Show' last.
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weebleswobble
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I don't know about anyone else but I've got the right hump
yes, I know...........COAT!
yes, I know...........COAT!
‎"We will wear some very loud shirts. We will wear some very wrong trousers."
WARNING - LOTS OF IMAGES
I've reduced the sizes of these to make the load times bearable, but if you're on a slow link, you'll need to cancel and hit your back button now.
The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, out in the Wadi Rum.
View from the top of the Roman Theatre in Downtown Amman. You can't really see the scale here, but believe me, this thing is BIG.
Some camels in front of the Treasury at Petra.
Generic view of Downtown Amman.
Climbing on sand dunes. I ran short of breath half way up, stopped for a bit, and almost got burned through my docs.
Out in the Wadi Rum desert.
Setting out on the Wadi Rum jeep safari.
View of the ancient Roman city of Jerash.
Now that I've seen the Promised Land, I'm gonna smoke.
High noon rock climbing in Petra.
Landscape from high up on the mountains surrounding Petra.
View of the river Jordan through the trees. It looks pleasant and shady, but believe me it's not. 40 degrees of dense tropical heat in the shade, really thick muggy air, everybody pumping sweat and being eaten alive by insects. The far bank is Israel.
Sunset over the Dead Sea. This was really hard to photograph well owing to the strength of the light, even at this time.
The Monastery at Petra. Getting here required an 80 minute climb up almost 900 steps in intense midday desert heat. I got through 6 liters of water in total on the hike there and back (about 10 miles or so, including all of the main parts of Petra), but the experience and the view was well worth it. To give you a sense of the scale, the little white speck at the bottom right of the doorway is a person.
The Siq (classic entry to Petra), mercifully free of tourists.
View of the Treasury through the Siq, early morning with the sun directly striking the building. This shot pretty much replicates a scene from the Dominion vid.
Another view of the Treasury.
Finalists in the Wadi Rum Beauty Contest, 2007.
I've reduced the sizes of these to make the load times bearable, but if you're on a slow link, you'll need to cancel and hit your back button now.
The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, out in the Wadi Rum.
View from the top of the Roman Theatre in Downtown Amman. You can't really see the scale here, but believe me, this thing is BIG.
Some camels in front of the Treasury at Petra.
Generic view of Downtown Amman.
Climbing on sand dunes. I ran short of breath half way up, stopped for a bit, and almost got burned through my docs.
Out in the Wadi Rum desert.
Setting out on the Wadi Rum jeep safari.
View of the ancient Roman city of Jerash.
Now that I've seen the Promised Land, I'm gonna smoke.
High noon rock climbing in Petra.
Landscape from high up on the mountains surrounding Petra.
View of the river Jordan through the trees. It looks pleasant and shady, but believe me it's not. 40 degrees of dense tropical heat in the shade, really thick muggy air, everybody pumping sweat and being eaten alive by insects. The far bank is Israel.
Sunset over the Dead Sea. This was really hard to photograph well owing to the strength of the light, even at this time.
The Monastery at Petra. Getting here required an 80 minute climb up almost 900 steps in intense midday desert heat. I got through 6 liters of water in total on the hike there and back (about 10 miles or so, including all of the main parts of Petra), but the experience and the view was well worth it. To give you a sense of the scale, the little white speck at the bottom right of the doorway is a person.
The Siq (classic entry to Petra), mercifully free of tourists.
View of the Treasury through the Siq, early morning with the sun directly striking the building. This shot pretty much replicates a scene from the Dominion vid.
Another view of the Treasury.
Finalists in the Wadi Rum Beauty Contest, 2007.
If I told them once, I told them a hundred times to put 'Spinal Tap' first and 'Puppet Show' last.
Nice piccies there Michael.
That camel looks tiny
That camel looks tiny
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Obviousman
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That is superb 
Where's all your hair gone though 
Where's all your hair gone though
@Zeno - The hair went about a month back - no way was I going there with that mop on me head!
@Quiffy - 50+. You'd still burn through it!
@Quiffy - 50+. You'd still burn through it!
If I told them once, I told them a hundred times to put 'Spinal Tap' first and 'Puppet Show' last.
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Obviousman
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I can imagine, must well boil the brains
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boudicca
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I'm as jealous as hell! Looks like you're having a fantastic time
Re the suncream - I used factor 60 when I went to Sweden
Not 'cos I'm a ginger and burn easily, last time I got a tan (aged 9 ) I went such a colour you could probably have mistaken me for a native to Jordan myself. Seriously, I am naturally dark and I would go brown if I didn't avoid the sun like the plague.
But that's the thing, I'm so confident in my not-goffness that I can put on sublock to go out on a rainy day in Scandinavia
Re the suncream - I used factor 60 when I went to Sweden
Not 'cos I'm a ginger and burn easily, last time I got a tan (aged 9
) I went such a colour you could probably have mistaken me for a native to Jordan myself. Seriously, I am naturally dark and I would go brown if I didn't avoid the sun like the plague. But that's the thing, I'm so confident in my not-goffness that I can put on sublock to go out on a rainy day in Scandinavia
There's a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Millets
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smiscandlon
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I think I saw that picture...boudicca wrote:last time I got a tan (aged 9
анархия
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smiscandlon
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Just, well ....mh wrote:WARNING - LOTS OF IMAGES
анархия
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boudicca
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What, this one?smiscandlon wrote:I think I saw that picture...boudicca wrote:last time I got a tan (aged 9
Pink!
There's a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Millets
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smiscandlon
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Time for an image change? I think a pink-clad tanned Claire would go down a storm at Heartland meets.boudicca wrote:What, this one?smiscandlon wrote:I think I saw that picture...boudicca wrote:last time I got a tan (aged 9
Pink!
анархия
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silentNate
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Fantastic pictures- I'd love to visit
I had a face on the mirror
I had a hand on the gun
I had a place in the sun and a ticket to Syria
I had a hand on the gun
I had a place in the sun and a ticket to Syria
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What, boudicca's sandcastle?
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Ahhhh...boudicca wrote:What, this one?smiscandlon wrote:I think I saw that picture...boudicca wrote:last time I got a tan (aged 9
Pink!
I can totally relate - you should see some of the photos of me as a wee lass at the beach! "Brown as a berry," and my hair was bleached almost white in places. A tad Aussie aboriginal, almost! Really shocking - just where was the suncream?! Dunno what my parents were thinking... 
I left my heart in Ballycastle... 
