Sandy Shoes

The story of my teenage daughter and me, living with a Bedouin family in the Wadi Rum desert of Jordan for 3 months. We are helping this family of 11 in exchange for food and a place to stay, by cleaning, teaching English, and helping with the Sunset Camp.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

The bush at Saint Catherine's monastery

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Inside the monastery at the base of Mount Sinai is the burning bush that God spoke to Moses from. It has been carbon dated back to thousand...

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Monday, March 24, 2008

Jebel Musa

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It's been 3 days now since I've returned from climbing Mount Sinai. I haven't been able to find the words to describe the trip,...

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Thursday, March 20, 2008

Visit Dahab

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Let the morning light slowly pull you out of your dreams as you listen to the fan slowly cool your room. There's no rush to leave, not ...

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The Travelers

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There's a country I've been in that I haven't told you about yet. It's this place where you can come and go as you please a...

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Dahab's Jewels

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After our felucca journey, we got in a minibus and visited 2 temples - Kom Ombu and Edfu. Bailey and I enjoyed them from outside the gates ...

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Feel lucky on the Felucca

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There are 2 ways of travelling down the Nile - in a large riverboat resembling a floating mall or a romantic felucca with its teradactyl-siz...

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Friday, March 14, 2008

Sand Castles

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When I was little, I loved making sand castles. My bucket would be the castle form and then I would always try to dig out the insides as fa...

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Stephanie: I'm a mother, potter, traveler, dreamer, Meniere's survivor, tree hugger, wannabe fisherwoman and sometimes a hermit. I don't like mashed potatoes or coconut, so I'm not into Pina Coladas.

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