AN AQABA HANGOVER , LUT 'S LOT ,DESERT DETOUR TO AZRAQ

THE CORNICHE WALK ALONG THE RED SEA.

ALL SET UP FOR A DAY AT THE BEACH.

VIEW FROM MY FLEA-PIT.

AL HUSSEIN MOSQUE FROM HOTEL ROOF.

AQABA FORT-DATES FROM MAMALUK PERIOD 16 CENTURY.OTTOMANS GAVE IT UP TO LAWRENCE AND CO WITHOUT MUCH OF A STRUGGLE DURING THE ARAB REVOLT 1916-17

UP THE EGYPTIAN BORDER TO LOT'S CAVE.SENTRY POSTS WITHIN SIGHT OF EACH OTHER -LITTLE BEACONS IN THE DESERT.

IRRIGATION AT A COST MOST WETLANDS HAVE DISAPPEARED AND SALINATION OF SOIL A MAJOR ISSUE.

THE MUSLIMS REVERE LOT AS PROPHET LOT.THIS IS A MUSEUM CLOSED BECAUSE OF LACK OF FUNDING AT THE START OF THE TRACK UP TO HIS CAVE.

VIEW DOWN TO THE SITES OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH-THEY WERE DESTROYED WHILE LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS TOOK REFUGE IN A CAVE UP HIGHER.LOTS WIFE TOOK A PEEK AND WAS TURNED TO SALT!!

THE ENTRANCE TO LOTS CAVE STRAIGHT AHEAD.CUNNING DESIGN-MUSLIMS DON'T HAVE TO ENTER THE BYZANTINE CHURCH REMAINS THAT USED TO HAVE THE CAVE ENTRANCE IN IT!!

INNER SANCTUM LOT'S CAVE
WITH LOTS WIFE OUT OF FLAVOUR SO TO SPEAK AND THE WORLD POPULATION AS THEY NEW IT DESTROYED LOTS DAUGHTERS HATCHED A PLAN TO SEDUCE THE DRUNK LOT AND START THE WORLD A FRESH.THIS PRACTICE UNFORTUNATELY HAS A LITTLE TWIST.OFFICIAL FIGURES SHOW OVER 50% OF MARRIAGES OF BEDOUIN IN BAHREIN AND QATAR ARE BETWEEN FIRST COUSINS.IT IS SUSPECTED THE SAME FOR OTHER BEDOUIN TRIBES. WHAT IS WORSE IS THAT BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR GENERATIONS THERE IS A MULTIPLICITY IN THE FREQUENCY OF RECESSIVE ROGUE GENES-WITH DIRE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE CHILDREN OF THESE UNIONS.

YEARS AGO I WAS IN BELTURBET CO CAVAN,IRELAND TRACING AN O'REILLY ANCESTRY.I STAYED AT MRS O'REILLY'S B&B,DRANK AT O'REILLY'S AND MOST OF THE BUSINESSES HAD REILLY OR O'REILLY ADORNING THEM.I QUIZZED MRS O'REILLY.SHE SAID"THERE'S AN AWWFUL LOT OF O'REILLYS HERE.THEYV'E EVEN BEEN KNOWN FOR AN O'REILLY TO MARRY AN O'REILLY"-THEN AFTER A BLUSHING PAUSE-"THEYRE NOT RELATED OF COURSE!!"

AN LOT OF BEDOUIN ARE MIGRATORY WORKERS LIVING ON SITE OF MARKET GARDENS ETC.

UP OVER THE ESCARPMENT AND A LONG DEERT DRIVE TO AZRAQAND LAWRENCE'S HQ FOR THE FINAL PUSH TO DAMASCUS.

300KM-DODDLE COMPARED TO NORTH AMERICA OR AUSSIE!!

OCCASIONAL BY-PASSER.

DOZENS OF TRUCKS HAULING GIANT SLABS OF LIMESTONE.1 IN 10 SEEM TO BE ON SIDE OF ROAD WITH FLAT TYRES OR BROKEN SPRINGS.CAN'T OF HEARD OF TREE LOGS AND HUNDREDS OF SLAVES.

FRESH IS BEST EVEN IF CUZZIE IS HANGING UP AND I AM NEXT.BUTCHER SHOP AZRAQ-MADE IT.