From Petra we headed a couple hours south into Wadi Rum, the large and well-known red sand desert that has been the setting for films such as Star Wars, The Martian, and Lawrence of Arabia (not to mention the real-life location of the latter, as we would soon come to Read more…
After over a week in Jordan, we were finally ready to go see its main attraction and one of the 7 wonders of the world: Petra! To get there, we began by driving several hours south along the Desert Highway, which is a fairly descriptive name for this stretch of Read more…
As you can probably gather from the title, the few days covered by this post will have a little bit of everything. On our way from Amman to Dana Nature Reserve, we stopped to visit Kerak, which is another historic castle that is apparently larger and more significant than the Read more…
After a month of traipsing around the U.S. during our unexpected detour, we finally set out for the next stop in our travels – Jordan – via an overnight flight from NYC (connecting through Ukraine on its national airline, which folks should avoid at all costs). We finally arrived in Read more…
After saying goodbye to us in Borneo, my parents headed east around the world to hit Angkor Wat in Cambodia and Beijing in China before returning home to Seattle. Meanwhile, Rorie and I continued west around the world and left Asia, our home for the past seven-ish months. Our destination Read more…