Beautiful views over Petra in the sunset and we recalled the adventures of the day - we had made a wild journey down to Eilat and crossed the border into Jordan via the Yitzak Rabin/Araba crossing. The no man's land in between the two countries that we had to walk felt like the 'green mile'. A further wild taxi ride (very fast - I had a great fear for children, women walking, and the two enormous wedding parties, goat herds we encountered) brought us to the famous Wadi. We met Bedouin traders along the way. Took a great interest in C. due to the Thai Red Shirt protesters being in the world news (not that C. had a red shirt - his shirt had a didgeridoo on it). The Bedouin men have dark skin, long black curly hair, wear kohl under their eyes, and sport elegantly crafted beards and goatees. Crowned with the large checked head scarves and the occasional gold tooth or ear ring they make an immediate association with pirates!!
Black as the tents of Kedar!!! The tents are made of dark goat skins. I wonder if Shulamith was bedouin...
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