A Fresh Perspective on Travel Every Day
For desert trekking, Egypt is tough to beat. Bedouin-led hiking trips in the Sinai Peninsula and Red Sea Mountains offer opportunities to explore two of the Middle East’s most rugged wildernesses while gaining insights into Bedouin heritage.
I’m sat cross-legged on a goat skin rug, drinking sage tea brewed from leaves that we foraged a few hours earlier. The fire next to us crackles away as Ali, tall and slender, stirs a huge pot of vegetable stew. It’s swiftly served on a huge communal plate and we eat the traditional way – using our hands andkhoubz(Middle Eastern flat bread) to soak up the delicious juices.
Up until a short time ago, I had never heard of Wadi Rum. It wasn’t until travel bloggerGary Ardntmentioned it in one of his posts a year ago that I was introduced to it.