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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.
