7/21/12-Saturday Afternoon
[continuing from the last post when we left the school Friday morning]
I was feeling crappy so I took some Ibprofane and dramomine before we left and I basically slept the entire way to the baptist site. [This is one of the traditional locations for Jesus' baptism] The baptism site was nice but really hot. Nothing super special except a beautiful church. All the big tourist stuff is across the Jordan river in Israel. After walking around we went to the dead sea. Again, I was super tired and sick so I wasn't super focused. However, once we actually got into the dead sea, it was pretty cool! You can actually float in it! We then had a three hour drive to Aqaba, which was long and hot. We made it to the hotel near sunset we ate McDonald's for dinner, chatted with some friends back home, and then I heard on the news about a shooting in Colorado. [This is the Batman midnight premiere shooting]. I really hope it all turns out ok. I slept pretty well considering I had been on a bus all day. Today we went to the red sea. After snorkeling I kind of chickened out of scuba diving. I sat by the pool and rested a lot. Even now I'm just so tired. I might be coming down with something. I really want to enjoy my trip but mostly I just want to sleep. I don't know.. Tomorrow is Wadi Rum so that should be good.
7/22/12- Sunday morning [Not Wadi Rum yet]
So last night reminded me a lot of home. The 5 JBU kids, minus Rachel, and Olivia walked around Aqaba. We found this restaurant in a huge complex and ate there. The food was ok but the conversation was great. It took awhile for Olivia to join the conversation but that makes sense since the 5 of us all know each other. [If I can remember right, the conversation was great just because we actually could sit over a meal and talk about things including things we like or don't like on the trip.] We came back to the hotel room and watched "Up" in Luke and my room. We all brought snacks too so it was nice. This morning Jennifer left for home so it was kind of weird since the 5 of us had bonded so well. The good news though is that I slept in as late as I wanted!!!! so basically 8:30!
7/23/12
Almost done with the trip... I'm a mixture of joy and sorrow, mostly Joy. I miss everyone so much. I don't have any problems with the food, living conditions, etc. but I want my friends and family. Sunday we left for Wadi Rum. [You should seriously google images of this place! There is no way I can describe it and do it any sort of justice]. That place is gorgeous. I could totally believe it was an alien planet. It is a national park desert valley of sorts. We took a tour of it in three "jeeps". We visited a bunch of landmarks and places we could climb around. (Like a giant bridge!) I was in a jeep with Luke, Hannah, Emma, and her parents and we had a lot of fun! After we watched the sunset [which is also to beautiful for words], the jeeps raced (and I mean raced) through the desert to our camping spot. During the sunset though Luke and I spent a lot of time talking about Physics, time, and planets. I really would like to learn more about them. Our camp was set up against the rock wall facing this wide expanse before another huge rock wall like this ]_!_____[. The ! is our camp. [Yes that was all in my Journal]. four other people (two couples on separate tours) also joined us for the night. We all sat under a tent with a fire and talked for a majority of the night while drinking tea and watching other people dance. There was this Canadian couple who were spending six weeks touring around the Middle East which is the main couple we talked with. It was really nice to talk to other people outside our group having similar experiences to us. Around ten the food came out (which was cooked in the ground!). A majority of the Abila group pulled our mattresses out of the tents we had and out into the courtyard to sleep under the stars. [Also, you guessed it, to beautiful for words]. I woke up at seven, had breakfast, headed back to our bus, and drove to Petra! =) Well actually it is the city Petra outside of the ruins of Petra. We ate lunch then checked into a hotel. The place is built into a cliff so that we checked in on the sixth floor and had to go down to our rooms. Later this afternoon we'll visit Little Petra then tomorrow is Big Petra! But right now I am sick and tired. Nap time.
[continuing from the last post when we left the school Friday morning]
I was feeling crappy so I took some Ibprofane and dramomine before we left and I basically slept the entire way to the baptist site. [This is one of the traditional locations for Jesus' baptism] The baptism site was nice but really hot. Nothing super special except a beautiful church. All the big tourist stuff is across the Jordan river in Israel. After walking around we went to the dead sea. Again, I was super tired and sick so I wasn't super focused. However, once we actually got into the dead sea, it was pretty cool! You can actually float in it! We then had a three hour drive to Aqaba, which was long and hot. We made it to the hotel near sunset we ate McDonald's for dinner, chatted with some friends back home, and then I heard on the news about a shooting in Colorado. [This is the Batman midnight premiere shooting]. I really hope it all turns out ok. I slept pretty well considering I had been on a bus all day. Today we went to the red sea. After snorkeling I kind of chickened out of scuba diving. I sat by the pool and rested a lot. Even now I'm just so tired. I might be coming down with something. I really want to enjoy my trip but mostly I just want to sleep. I don't know.. Tomorrow is Wadi Rum so that should be good.
7/22/12- Sunday morning [Not Wadi Rum yet]
So last night reminded me a lot of home. The 5 JBU kids, minus Rachel, and Olivia walked around Aqaba. We found this restaurant in a huge complex and ate there. The food was ok but the conversation was great. It took awhile for Olivia to join the conversation but that makes sense since the 5 of us all know each other. [If I can remember right, the conversation was great just because we actually could sit over a meal and talk about things including things we like or don't like on the trip.] We came back to the hotel room and watched "Up" in Luke and my room. We all brought snacks too so it was nice. This morning Jennifer left for home so it was kind of weird since the 5 of us had bonded so well. The good news though is that I slept in as late as I wanted!!!! so basically 8:30!
7/23/12
Almost done with the trip... I'm a mixture of joy and sorrow, mostly Joy. I miss everyone so much. I don't have any problems with the food, living conditions, etc. but I want my friends and family. Sunday we left for Wadi Rum. [You should seriously google images of this place! There is no way I can describe it and do it any sort of justice]. That place is gorgeous. I could totally believe it was an alien planet. It is a national park desert valley of sorts. We took a tour of it in three "jeeps". We visited a bunch of landmarks and places we could climb around. (Like a giant bridge!) I was in a jeep with Luke, Hannah, Emma, and her parents and we had a lot of fun! After we watched the sunset [which is also to beautiful for words], the jeeps raced (and I mean raced) through the desert to our camping spot. During the sunset though Luke and I spent a lot of time talking about Physics, time, and planets. I really would like to learn more about them. Our camp was set up against the rock wall facing this wide expanse before another huge rock wall like this ]_!_____[. The ! is our camp. [Yes that was all in my Journal]. four other people (two couples on separate tours) also joined us for the night. We all sat under a tent with a fire and talked for a majority of the night while drinking tea and watching other people dance. There was this Canadian couple who were spending six weeks touring around the Middle East which is the main couple we talked with. It was really nice to talk to other people outside our group having similar experiences to us. Around ten the food came out (which was cooked in the ground!). A majority of the Abila group pulled our mattresses out of the tents we had and out into the courtyard to sleep under the stars. [Also, you guessed it, to beautiful for words]. I woke up at seven, had breakfast, headed back to our bus, and drove to Petra! =) Well actually it is the city Petra outside of the ruins of Petra. We ate lunch then checked into a hotel. The place is built into a cliff so that we checked in on the sixth floor and had to go down to our rooms. Later this afternoon we'll visit Little Petra then tomorrow is Big Petra! But right now I am sick and tired. Nap time.
Sounds amazing. I love the little drawing with the exclamation point. Lol :)
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