dispatches from here

Its been a total whirlwind and I’m pretty pooped, so you’ll all have to wait for pictures until the next post. A few days ago I was in Luxor (Egypt) and had a busy travel day: taxi to the airport, flight to Sharm el Sheikh, bus to Dahab, another bus to Nuweiba, bought ferry tickets, another bus to the ferry, a 4 hour ferry ride from Egypt to Aqaba, Jordan, and another bus to the hotel.  No joke.  I managed to make it all happen, in a single day, in the middle east, where nobody knew when anything arrives or leaves.

Aqaba is the southernmost port in Jordan and is uninspiring, but from the beach you can look west and see Israel (about 6 km away!), and then beyond that you can see Egypt (maybe 15km away?).  Then you look east and see Saudi Arabia.  Pretty cool.

Spent the next day off roading in the Jordanian desert (Wadi Rum) with a Bedoiun guide, and now resting in Amman.  Will be heading to London wednesday, and then back to SF.  home sweet home.

I’m pretty behind on posting actual media, so I apologize.  I have 110 gigabytes of photos and 120 gigabytes of video. for real. I’ll bore you with all soon enough.