14 August - Catchin Up...

Hey there
woweee I slept for almost 7 hours!!! - that's almost 2 nights of sleep over here.
And I am hoping that this might be the 1st day (since 10 days ago) when all U.S. teachers were last all healthy. We have since heard that it coulda been hummous, salads, fresh vegetables or water (washed utensils, etc.) all of which are hard to avoid and really yummy....
so suddenly no hummous or salads or veggies are showing up on our plates anymore
:(

Here is our next 3 days agenda:
Drive to Wadi Rum (4+ hours) where we will spend the evening and hopefully I shall be sitting on a camel by tonight!!!!!
Said to be a stunning area and the site of the filming of Lawrence of Arabia
Hotel in Aqaba - Jordan's only real water port and on the Red Sea
Touring Aqaba and a hosted lunch by Hanan's family (one of our Jordanian colleagues)
Petra (and hotel) and more Petra (recently voted one of the 7 wonders of the world - my 1st visit to a Wonder of the World)
Home late Friday night
Saturday - open

Here are some websites to get more info if you wish
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadi_Rum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqaba
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra

Next up a bunch of pictures
We are preparing to leave for our journey shortly and I fear my blog entry might not be able to be completed.
so instead how 'bout a bunch of visuals?
thanks for caring!