It’s incredible. You hear a lot more about the Wadi Rum — which has more red in the colouration — but I’d say the Sinai (which is many times bigger than Wadi Rum) and, for that matter, the Western Desert (of which we saw very little) are much more worthwhile than Wadi Rum….

Some of the rock formations, which I almost included, are just phenomenally high coloured: they look almost like paintings. There are patches of white dunes, but both here and in the Wadi Rum, the desert has a lot of different colours. I wish I’d made it out to the Western Desert, which has black stretches, and white stretches, but, you know, maybe another time…

Hello! You’re a very good writer! I popped over to your blog and left you a comment, and I’ve also shared it on Facebook and Twitter, so hopefully more people will stop by. Do you take your own photos? Theodora

Me too – still in Germany, but slowly increasing through Paris and Egland… My blog, if you want, is http://www.grade5onthego.weebly.com
Thanks, I’ll go and see your ‘latest’ posts now!
Bye,
Allegra

Hello again, Allegra! And thank you for your lovely comment….

Because we were there in March — as you recognised, it’s an old post — it wasn’t too hot. We could walk barefoot even in the middle of the day, but it wasn’t too cold at night either. That’s the problem with deserts, as you may well know. They get terribly terribly hot in the days in summer, and terribly terribly cold (below freezing) at night in the winter. So, for most, spring and autumn are the best times.

Right now, I’m enjoying Beirut, in Lebanon. And Z — as I think you know, I’m not with his father — is enjoying some time with his Dad in London for the Jubilee! They were in Paris before that…

You can find what we’ve been doing lately on the righthand side of my home page. There’s a little box called “latest” which shows what we’ve been up to. Although — and don’t tell anyone! — I’m a little bit behind with my blogging!

Theodora