A few days before NYE I left Amman and headed down south to check out 2 must-see places in Jordan – Petra and the Wadi Rum desert. The ancient city of Petra in Jordan is one of the 7 New Wonders of the World. Walking through the narrow canyon in search of the old hidden town was exhilarating. The Wadi Rum desert, also known as the Valley of the Moon is one of the most incredible wildernesses I've seen.
Being completely obsessed with deserts and wanting to take my time in the area worked out perfectly with it being time to welcome in 2019! For this very special NYE, I was invited to the Bait Ali Lodge (http://www.baitali.com/ )
In April 2017 I left Australia for a solo trip around the world on a BMW F800GS. I named it “Are We There Yet” because I don't know my final destination or the duration of this journey.
Throughout my journey, I'm raising money for a young disabled child in Poland named Franek. Franek was diagnosed with cerebral palsy (weakness of the entire right side of the body) and he will require constant rehabilitation for the rest of his life. All the money raised will go directly to helping Franek and his family lead as normal a life as possible so please donate generously: https://gogetfunding.com/arewethereyet/
It's time to leave Amman
The weather it's wonderful
It's 7 degrees. It's raining and I'm this is pretty much my first ride on this new
Bridgestone tires the bike feels good, but I'm extremely careful because
Yeah, they're brand new tires. So they can be slippery on first
50 K's or so. So I'm leaving Amman
I'm heading down to that sea at the moment and then I'm gonna go to
To the desert for the New Year's Eve
I've got a lot of new stuff. The new suspension feels awesome as well
But I'll get to test it more in a desert on dirt
I also have new Sena 10c Pro, which is the improved 10c throughout my European journey
I couldn't really record voice because my mic was damaged and Sena
Sent me this
New 10c Pro. So now I'm recording on this one. I hope you hear me nice and clear
and
Yeah, I better stop talking too much talking. It's no good for you
At the Dead Sea the weather increased to 18 degrees so it's not too bad and it stopped raining sort of
Where are they going? Oh
So it's time to look for a camping spot
I've got less than one hour of daylight and I want to find some nice
Think this is perfect camping spot. What do you think?
Maybe here?
Here is good
Chillie likes it too
It's dinner, rice
Tuna, tomatoes
And onion very
Gourmet I would say
Dinner is getting ready and I bought this on the way. This beer's got
18%
Are you ready for this?
Strong
18% it's like having
Four beers in one. I'll be sleeping well tonight
Good morning
This is truly epic sight. This is the treasury of Petra. I think they're sleeping
Someone can ride this camel. Very well
And this one is the theater
Big Aldo theater
Which is these days, seriously
Using mobile while riding
Can you see anything?
I can't even see anything
The temperature dropped down to three degrees
Lovely
We are on nearly
3,700 meters above the sea level
Where's your light?
Bayat Ali camp
This is where I'll be staying
For the New Year's Eve
Cool
This looks good
Bayat Ali lodge
Is an exceptional place out in the
Wadi Rum desert
Follow me
I'll show you around
That's my room
Number 25
Oh la la
Look at that bathroom
This is really
Hi
This is really
Luxury for me
Out from the desert
You built it with a brick?
Yeah it's all
Concrete bricks
But it's covered with
A mixture of
Concrete
Hay
And some coloring
Just to give it that
These stairs
They go up to the mountains
So if anyone would like to go up
And take pictures
I have a nice view of the area
And sometimes you organize
Concerts here
Weddings as well
I had my wedding here
Wadi Rum is absolutely massive
And one of the attractions here is
Jeep safari
They call it Jeep safari
It's four wheel drive safari
So there's lots of cars we see between
People are just hopping in
At the back of these ones
And they explore the desert
Big sand dune
But I really do wonder
18% like how the hell do they make it
And it really doesn't
Taste like petrol
Export quality
Right, maybe that's the key