Today we left our adorable hotel Edom at Petra and hired a taxi for the long drive. It was freezing cold when we stopped in Wadi Musa for an ATM. It took 2.5 hours to drive to Madaba - a town known for old churches a mosaics. It was on our way to Sweimah and I read in the guide book that there was a great place to buy rugs in Madaba. We were not disappointed. We both got two beautiful rugs in Bedouin prints. The guy was so nice and walked us to the post office and translated so my friend could ship one home. we bought some other thing from him to-he had gorgeous stuff.
We got back in the car and started heading down a winding road to the Dead Sea. We are staying at the Holiday Inn resort there. It is amazingly pretty but all the restaurants are so expensive we might starve and there isn't much nearBy to go to. We are on the very northern tip of the Dead sea and about a half hour from the biggest Israeli border crossing. We were stopped at two checkpoints and had to show our passports and we are still a half hour from the border!!! What's it going to be like at the actual crossing? Security at the hotel was much tighter than any of the others we have stayed at here. Must be because it is where westerners frequent.
I got to go in the Dead Sea again!! It was colder this time, but calmer-no waves. We lathered up with mud and floated like beached whales! Got cleaned up and had an amazing hamburger. Trying to get our fill of beef before we go back to Mumbai.
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