Day 7--Finding Nebo, Mt. Nebo

A Bedouin tent, they are scattered everywhere in the desert.  No water, just sheep and goats.
BTW, for your Bibliophiles.  Middle-Eastern sheep and goats look alike, it takes
the shepherd who really knows his flock to separate them.   

Border crossing from Israel to Jordan.  Simply put, not easy.  Lots of passport inspections, AK-47's, board but attentive border agents and Muslims moving across the border.  Two standouts memories.

The first of several border crossings, no more pictures after this one.

First, a 100-yard bus ride from one border to the other.  We had to put our luggage in the big compartment below where we sat, then pile in with everyone else, they drove us 100 yards, then we had to reverse the process.  And the border guard who inspected our passports was very, very drunk.  And, it was around 10AM!

This man sells tomatoes....from is truck

Once we finished with all of that, our two drivers met us. Mohammed and Mohammed.  Young Jordanians, just starting in the guiding trade.  These were drivers, not guides.  Nice men but not alot of knowledge concerning their country.  So off to Mt. Nebo.  This is where Moses went to die.  He hiked up there and never came back.  There is a church up there now.

On Mt. Nebo.  For men, head covered, for women, shoulders covered.

Thousands of these greenhouse frames everywhere.  Busy time winter/spring for growing

Real Time Note:  At a desert camp tonight, pretty spotty, weak WiFi.  Sleeping in tents, they are just about ready to pull the cooked sheep out of a pit!  We went to Petra today, unbelievable!!  Will write and upload when we get back to 'civilization'!