On the Wadi al Wala, Madaba Governorate, Jordan
Not great light for dramatic photography; apologies! It's dry here but there is some water in the Wadi (canyon) and you can see some of the olive orchards that are up and down the Wadi... so, because there is water and some trees; there are some birds. And, the scenery is well, more than eye opening...
This is also the land of the end of the Biblical Exodus. Mt. Nebo, where Moses saw the Land of Promise, is 15 km (10 mi) north of here. There are Roman, Moabite, Nabatean, Crusader and early Islamic ruins everywhere. There's a "feeling" in the air...
I use GE to plan and study the land for my birding trips... that's how I found this place... there were a few tourist and City Jordanian day trippers, like me, around but this is the off season, way too hot for long hikes...
This Wadi has a "paved road." The road eventually branches and heads up each side of the canyon on two sets of switchbacks, one on each bank; it does not go all the way to the Dead Sea. Both escarpments overlook the Sea.
"Friends" tell me they need photos of these roads so I have to drive up one side, right? Of course, the steepest... and get the panorama photo from the top... actually as I'm driving along the Wadi, I'm thinking to myself, "How can there be a road to the top of the plateau over there?" I'm trying not to wonder about it even though I've seen it on GE... best not to think too much right now... it'll be fine... of course it will... :-(
On the Wadi al Wala, Madaba Governorate, Jordan
Not great light for dramatic photography; apologies! It's dry here but there is some water in the Wadi (canyon) and you can see some of the olive orchards that are up and down the Wadi... so, because there is water and some trees; there are some birds. And, the scenery is well, more than eye opening...
This is also the land of the end of the Biblical Exodus. Mt. Nebo, where Moses saw the Land of Promise, is 15 km (10 mi) north of here. There are Roman, Moabite, Nabatean, Crusader and early Islamic ruins everywhere. There's a "feeling" in the air...
I use GE to plan and study the land for my birding trips... that's how I found this place... there were a few tourist and City Jordanian day trippers, like me, around but this is the off season, way too hot for long hikes...
This Wadi has a "paved road." The road eventually branches and heads up each side of the canyon on two sets of switchbacks, one on each bank; it does not go all the way to the Dead Sea. Both escarpments overlook the Sea.
"Friends" tell me they need photos of these roads so I have to drive up one side, right? Of course, the steepest... and get the panorama photo from the top... actually as I'm driving along the Wadi, I'm thinking to myself, "How can there be a road to the top of the plateau over there?" I'm trying not to wonder about it even though I've seen it on GE... best not to think too much right now... it'll be fine... of course it will... :-(