This was on the route of the Silk Road. The first set of drawings were directions to the water (previous pic with the hose...not the trauma bathroom!) and the second set of drawings were "highway" directions for the caravans that came through on the Silk Road. These drawings are close to 5000 years old.
Evidently these carvings were another message in the series that we had seen at the previous stop.
I assumed they’d be old but… 5,000 years!!This was on the route of the Silk Road. The first set of drawings were directions to the water (previous pic with the hose...not the trauma bathroom!) and the second set of drawings were "highway" directions for the caravans that came through on the Silk Road. These drawings are close to 5000 years old.
Jill in CO
Yep, and it is doing that right now.It always does, doesn't it?
No I have not.You've seen this video?
If they had Taco Bell there, they could make a killing! Really clean up, so to speak.
Good!And I enjoyed following along, too.
Yes, that is true.....So... a few things...
1. Not a jeep.
We could not have seen everything that we saw though. And the pictures would not have been nearly as good.2. It just seems to me that you'd have been more comfortable in the back seat? I could be wrong.
Basically he told us to put our right foot on the ledge in the middle (just over the license plate), then put our left foot over the ledge on the left, and then swing the right leg over the back door flap. He was always watching and if you didn't do it that way, he would correct you. We got in and out of that damn truck about 10 or more times.3. What were the basics? Did he bring a stepstool?
We didn't know that the Martian was also homework for this trip and I've never seen it. We did watch Lawrence of Arabia.No way! Cool! And... now that you've said it... I totally see it!
Actually business was not booming. They were way down due to Americans canceling their trips.Whoa. Business is booming.
Well the movie was filmed there. That why we knew it was homework.Coooool!!
And... It's been a long time since I've seen it, but those high cliffs... there was a scene where Lawrence rides off with the other men... to war? Sabotage? Don't recall. Anyways, the women are all at the top of the cliffs, ululating. That looks similar to what I remember.
I think they still like him, but they call him "Arab Lawrence".I wonder how they feel about him now? Do you know?
Some things seem fairly universal...
I think so.Ah! I remember reading about how tea is served in glasses in Russia. I guess the area is close enough to have influence (in one direction or the other.)
I find that interesting.
I actually preferred it too!Heh. Well you know me. Gimme the high-sugar tea!
Definitely tourists. I don't think the locals ride the camels anymore. Most of them had trucks.Locals or tourists?
That's cool. Very striking.
No not that scene. Figures you would work that one in somehow.
We had no idea what we were in store for other than the tour would end with the sunset.Did you know what it would be, before setting out?
Not sure there is much water underground there.Huh. Here I thought it would've been underground. It's up, instead!
I think I read that you had to be Bedouin to be able to decipher them.
uh, oh...
oh dear...
Sure. Basically a bidet.
Nope! Not even a little bit.Not a fan, I take it.
Actually it might have been Allyson too.Ah. That explains a recent FB comment you or Jill made.
Oh dear.
I'm sorry... butt....
We had that happen a lot!I can imagine the scene. You look at Jill... Jill looks at you... "Nope!" (said in unison)
Actually no, the 2nd is from the phone.1st photo is phone.
I thought as much.Yep, and it is doing that right now.
Here ya go.No I have not.
Valid point.We could not have seen everything that we saw though. And the pictures would not have been nearly as good.
Oh dear.We got in and out of that damn truck about 10 or more times.
Oh! You really should.We didn't know that the Martian was also homework for this trip and I've never seen it.
Of course. Should have thought of that.Actually business was not booming. They were way down due to Americans canceling their trips.
Huh. Wonder why?I think they still like him, but they call him "Arab Lawrence".
Oh, that makes sense. And yet... if they need to go far out in the desert... maybe?Definitely tourists. I don't think the locals ride the camels anymore. Most of them had trucks.
No not that scene. Figures you would work that one in somehow.
Hadn't thought of that.Not sure there is much water underground there.
Really? Huh! The 1st has far more grain. Huh.Actually no, the 2nd is from the phone.
I love your pictures! We just rewatched The Martian this weekend with our youngest grandson and were wondering where it had been filmed. So neat!
Yuck on the toilet experience. I had a bad experience in Venice with a squat toilet in a nice restaurant. It was filthy! “Stuff” everywhere. I was sick the next day and wondered if it had anything to do with that.
Looks like you’re having a fabulous trip.
We were in Jordan in February and asked our driver about it. Apparently, like in Cairo (my family lived there 2000-2005), if a building is “finished” they have to pay some sort of property tax on it. If it’s not they don’t. So a lot of “unfinished” buildings everywhere!
I feel you on the bathrooms! Though we had quite a few squat pots along the way. I actually preferred those!
This was on the route of the Silk Road. The first set of drawings were directions to the water (previous pic with the hose...not the trauma bathroom!) and the second set of drawings were "highway" directions for the caravans that came through on the Silk Road. These drawings are close to 5000 years old.
Jill in CO
I assumed they’d be old but… 5,000 years!!
Horrifying potty situation aside (I feel ya on that, oy), your photos are stunning and it must have been such a surreal experience to actually be visiting all those historical and amazing sites
Finally made it over to follow along.
Yeah, there wasn't a lot I could do about it.I would have died over that bathroom situation.
Or stupid!You two are much braver than I.
I've been enjoying your pictures. I want to stay in that cabin at the zoo!We're still down under for another week.
Well there wasn't much choice. It was either "end this tour now, and take me back to camp" or the situation that unfolded. I didn't want to end our first adventure early, so I rolled with it.Oof no way on the bathroom situation!
You know we took all the selfies on this trip to make you happy!Enjoying following along and all the details; the pics of you two are so cute!
Sounds like a great trip thus far. This is not anywhere I ever plan to visit so soaking up all the adventure vicariously!
I just had a game changing epiphany this morning. More details in the next update!I thought as much.
That is just weird......Here ya go.
It's on my list, but I really don't have much time for television (movies). Yesterday I didn't watch anything but my regular morning dose of news.Oh! You really should.
I don't know anything about the Arabic language, but I imagine that it is something like the difference of the placement of adjectives like in English vs French. Like when you make a Beurre Blanche sauce, but we would call it a White Butter sauce.Huh. Wonder why?
I think that trucks can go more places than camels can and quicker. They're actually rather slow, and not that comfortable to ride, but I'm getting ahead of myself.Oh, that makes sense. And yet... if they need to go far out in the desert... maybe?
Just like most "cowboys" have trucks... but will ride horses too.
My camera is almost 10 years old or more. My phone is less than a year old.Really? Huh! The 1st has far more grain. Huh.
Which one plays the sax?Cute. My kitties actually prefer for me to stay in bed. They have food bowls throughout the house so they don't need me to get up for them to have food. Since I've been back I've had between 6 and 8 cats in bed with me the whole time when I sleep and even after I wake up and sit in bed watching the news and playing puzzles.
I just had a game changing epiphany this morning. More details in the next update!
But funnyThat is just weird......
Nothing but fun times, there.It's on my list, but I really don't have much time for television (movies). Yesterday I didn't watch anything but my regular morning dose of news.
I had thought of that.don't know anything about the Arabic language, but I imagine that it is something like the difference of the placement of adjectives like in English vs French. Like when you make a Beurre Blanche sauce, but we would call it a White Butter sauce.
And you can say that about horses too, but…I think that trucks can go more places than camels can and quicker.
OhhhhMy camera is almost 10 years old or more. My phone is less than a year old.
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