(Her: Joanna)
Surprise! Boy, that’s
why I love backpacking. You just never
know where you will end up going and staying.
Because visiting Petra and Wadi Rum took less time than what we expected,
we have 2 days to chill somewhere. It had been non-stop go-go-go the last couple of weeks. We were dying to just have a do-nothing day.
Since
Linda, an Aussie girl we’ve met at Amman who we travelled with since then,
planned to go to Aqaba to chill at the Red Sea, we decided to tag along instead
of going back to Amman.
What a great,
pleasant surprise! Aqaba is GORGEOUS
here. The sea is so blue here (if the sand is a bit more fine, it would be just perfect) and the
town Aqaba, unlike other towns we’ve been to in Jordan, looks like a total sea
side resort town.
What’s better? I get to scuba dive in the Red Sea for an
affordable price and for only $12 CAD, you get a private room with AC and
ensuite bathroom plus a pool and a roof top terrace. Resort, chilling mode was definitely on. It was like a day dream to be in the desert then
sun tanning in a beach all within a day.
I thought there was no way I could enjoy beaches in the Middle East
because of the conservative culture here in the Middle East. Another surprised that we found a very
touristy area in the South Beach 12 KM south of the city center where the traditional
conservative culture is loosen up a bit for foreigners.
Putting icing on a cake, the sandy (not super
great sand) beaches with straw beach umbrella was almost empty and free of
charge and there are no beach vendors harassing you to buy stuff so we can
truly enjoy the beach!!!!
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