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Special thanks to Saleem from Quiet Desert Camp and the Zalabia Wadi Rum tribe for organizing the stay with the Bedouins and having me.

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ABOUT THE HIKE
In November 2022 I spent 4 days hiking alone in the Wadi Rum Desert in Jordan, then found myself among the Bedouins of the Zalabia tribe for 2 days. The Wadi Rum desert is the shooting location of many popular movies like The Martian, Dune and Star Wars because of its red sand and mountains miraculously shooting vertically out of the sand.
My route started in Wadi Rum Village and after I spent the night at Quiet Desert Camp I started my hike. I passed around the Nassrani massif over the Red Sand Dunes to Anfaishiyya inscriptions. These inscriptions of camels, people, children and tools are some 2000 years old and inscribed by trading caravans, depicting their movement through the desert. I camped on top of the biggest sand dune in the area.
On day 2 I made my way to Mushroom rock then via Abu Khashaba Canyon to the white desert where I spotted several loose (wild) camels. I got to my water drop I made a 2 days earlier with a jeep and camped near Burdah Rock Bridge
On day 3 I visited Um Fourth, a large natural bridge and got back to the red desert where I camped on a rock formation in the middle of the desert.
On day 4 I visited Khazali Canyon. At the entrance the walls are covered in inscriptions dating back up to thousands of years. The different types of Thamudic, Nabatean and Islamic inscriptions indicate people have been coming here for many eras. In the late afternoon I was driven into the desert by Saleem from Quiet Desert camp to spend 2 days with the actual Bedouins deep in the desert. I didn't speak Arabic, they didn't speak English. The day after they held an engagement celebration to which I was invited. I spent the day helping prepping: catching goats, setting up the tent, etc. The meal is a traditional meal called Mansaf. The shooting of the guns is a tradition for this celebration.

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This is an ambient film without dialog.

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:48 Day 1: The Red Sand Dunes
4:54 Day 2: Abu Khashaba Canyon and camels
10:47 Day 3: Khazali Canyon
13:43 Meeting the Bedouins
15:02 Day 4: Living with the Bedouins, engagement celebration
20:16 Day 5: Alone, camping on Mars

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