Jordan - Wadi Rum, the Valley of the Moon
We've just landed on another planet. It's so hot here during the day and so windy and cold at night. There's nothing here, only sand and rocky cliffs. Also the sand is colored in red. It feels like Mars. But people call it Wadi Rum or Wadi al-Qamar, meaning Valley of Sand or Valley of the Moon. First contact with Wadi Rum desert This place is actually located on our planet Earth, in southern Jordan, near the border to Saudi Arabia. It's a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock with an area of 720 square miles, making it the largest valley in Jordan. By its official name, Wadi Rum Protected Area has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2011. Across the valley you can find many ruins with rock inscriptions and petroglyphs left by several prehistoric civilizations, including the Nabataeans. We stayed the night at a camp i...