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some deserty pictures

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:43 am
by wardah
I was going to go to Turkey the other week, but decided at the last minute that it was too cold and I'd rather head somewhere warm, so I went down to Aqaba in Jordan. Went to the desert in Wadi Rum for a day, and typically attracted bad weather - it hailed! Did make for some quite impressive skies though, anyway here are a few pics if anyone is interested...:

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:03 am
by Bored_Wombat
Wow. :eek:

Very deserty.

Great post!

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:06 am
by kazalala
very nice:)

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:14 am
by Chezzie
once again fab pics Wardah........Must of been an awesome sight.

I have been to the Sahara desert which was quite impressive, we road in on a camel to see the sun rise.:-6

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:33 am
by Bryn Mawr
wardah;778007 wrote: I was going to go to Turkey the other week, but decided at the last minute that it was too cold and I'd rather head somewhere warm, so I went down to Aqaba in Jordan. Went to the desert in Wadi Rum for a day, and typically attracted bad weather - it hailed! Did make for some quite impressive skies though, anyway here are a few pics if anyone is interested...:


Impressive - as you say, the sky add greatly to the effect.

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:52 pm
by abbey
Beautiful :-6

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:16 pm
by along-for-the-ride
Beautiful photos..................how do you like the desert environment, wardah?

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:35 pm
by Kathy Ellen
wardah;778007 wrote: I was going to go to Turkey the other week, but decided at the last minute that it was too cold and I'd rather head somewhere warm, so I went down to Aqaba in Jordan. Went to the desert in Wadi Rum for a day, and typically attracted bad weather - it hailed! Did make for some quite impressive skies though, anyway here are a few pics if anyone is interested...:


These are amazing pictures Wardah, thank you for sharing. How did it feel to be in this desert? I can't even imagine how beautiful it was:-6

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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:00 pm
by wardah
thanks for the comments:D

it was great being in the desert - really nice to get out of the city (damascus is so noisy! I'm sure most syrians just have the horn of their car selotaped down...) have been a few times now around syria and jordan.

I was with a friend from my class and we met a jordanian and got chatting, and he offered to take us in his jeep, as it would be cheaper than an official tour from his company (where he usually worked, he took the day off to take us, and just charged us for the petrol).

Him and his friend drove us out to the desert - about 45 mins drive - and then we just drove around for the day looking at all the awesome rock formations + scenery etc. It was a really good day - even got to drive the jeep which was fun, then in the evening they took us to a bedouin house where the family cooked us a meal before we were driven back home and dropped at our hotel.

It's so nice when you meet such friendly people!

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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:09 pm
by Imladris
Great pics!



I've just bought a new camera with the hope of improving the quality of the photos I take - hmmm, we'll see....:wah:

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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:52 am
by Jerry
Very nice. I like the one with the blue sky the best.

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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:13 pm
by texphotogal
Nice photos!! Great views! :)

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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:04 pm
by Omni_Skittles
I miss home now... :(

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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:19 pm
by spot
Home looks like the desert in Wadi Rum?

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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:42 pm
by Omni_Skittles
home does indeed look like a desert. lol

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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:59 pm
by spot
Then you should dig around among your photos and find one that looks deserty from near home and add it to this thread so we can compare deserts.

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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:24 pm
by Omni_Skittles
I have no photos... and what photos i do have are of mountains.

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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:32 pm
by spot
You obviously need a few weeks in Syria with a camera then.

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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:36 pm
by Omni_Skittles
wait why do i need to go to Syria! was New Mexico not enough?

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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:38 pm
by spot
But you didn't take any photos in New Mexico! And if you went to Syria you would! Obvious innit.

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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:11 pm
by Omni_Skittles
lol or i could grab photos off the net... say that they're pics of the desert i am from... and blah blah blah...