So we were up for 7am! Clive was eager to go in the Dead Sea, its a 5 minute walk from the hotel, me I am a big wuss when it comes to water, I took the pics.
After it was breakfast, showered and day back pack packed ready for the off. We had a group meeting first, to explain what we were going to be doing and the kind of things to expect, then it was lunch and at 1.30pm the coaches arrived to take us to our starting point, oh shit here we go :-/
Once at the starting point we had a 2.5 hour hike to our first overnight camp, this is when I had to have my first call of nature, I found myself sharing a bush with another lady, its okay for men they can just stand up its a little more complicated for a woman.
Already we have seen some spectacular views, we saw Bedouins tents, they have started to build brick houses, but they are so attached to their tents, they cannot bring themselves to live in them, so they stay in the tents and their livestock live in the houses.
When we got to our first Camp, we were pleasantly surprised, it was very basic yes. There were 3 tents, 1 big one and 2 smaller ones. We were given a mattress and then had to choose somewhere to sleep.
Then there was dinner, again it was very basic, rice, pasta, chicken and salad. We had our own chef, who goes to the camp before us and prepares food. There is also a little bar, yes a bar a local man brings cans of col lager, coke, Fanta, crisps and snickers :-) at a cost of course.
There is also a generator so we have lights till 10pm, so I'm off to my bed it going be a long day tomorrow.
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