Our sweet-ass baller pimpin' ride!! It's a Chevy something. I never even bothered to observe what model of car it was. "I can get 60 miles to the gallon on this hog!"
Here we see the rare Jordanian DomTron standing in the middle of the road. This is the point where we got on the King's Highway. Observe the vast, mountainous, desert expanse that lay ahead of us. We made sure to have a full tank of gas and a few emergency water bottles on hand. Note: shortly after I took this photo, I jumped back in the car and took off on the DomTron. I drove a little ways down the road before reversing to pick him up. The poor little DomTron....he was so scared that I was going to leave him in the desert. Then he almost left his hat at the side of the road.
A look back from from upon high at some of the road we covered. The entire King's Highway was like that....and we drove it for over 300 km! Good times!
Our first sight seeing stop off the King's Highway was the peak of Mount Nebo. In the context of the Bible, this is said to be the location where Moses finally got to have his first gaze upon the promised land.... then he died upon the mountain before actually making it to the promised land. Man, what a bummer. Anyway, it is said that he's buried somewhere in the area, though that is the subject of some debate between Muslims, Jews, Christians, and me.
Next stop was the town of Madaba, which is home to some of the most beautiful Byzantine mosaics in the world. Pictured above is one such mosaic that I found to be quite lovely.
After a long day of driving, we stopped in the town of Karak to find a place to stay. Shown above is an example of how our hotel and hostel rooms typically looked during the trip. Mmmmm....fresh laundry, hand-washed in a dirty Arab sink.
The next morning we visited Karak's massive castle dating back to 1140 in the time of the Crusaders. It sits at the top of the town, high above the surrounding desert valleys. Magnificent views!
More of Karak Castle.
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