Hello, Goodbye Jordan

We just arrived in Egypt after three nights in Jordan. The first two were spent at Petra, home to the famous Nabatean ruins, and the last one at Wadi Rum, an incredible desert nature reserve where Bedouin lived until very recently. At the reserve, we hired a guide, Salim, who drove us around the massive sand dunes and fed us at one of his camps. We slept under the full moon in the desert, and this morning took the ferry across the Red Sea to Egypt. Now we are in Dahab, a divers' hangout that once was very laid back but that now is overdeveloped and not very chill at all. We're tired right now, so maybe our first impressions will change after a day of snorkelling tomorrow. We met some really nice Australians who seem to be our alter egos: they have travelled the same route as us, and are pretty much going to the same places over the new few months. Besides being tired from our trip today, everything is going well and we're excited to leave for Dubai and India in mid-September.