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Selected clips from the authentic Hijaz Railway Train Journey. Reenactments rides are free IF you book with your JordanPass or 12JOD if you buy a ticket when you arrive.

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Sliding down without a sled, board or rug is slow, so I sped up the video. =)

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A quiet morning in the Jordanian Desert.

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Yummy carrots and potatoes on the top layer, chicken on the middle layer, and lamb on the bottom.

I'm glad I didn't skip dinner!

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The Temple of Seti I in Abydos is now off the beaten path down a VERY bumpy road but reachable on a day trip from Luxor. Go early and have the temple all to yourself.

Side note: I first learned of Abydos from the movie Stargate, then the show Stargate SG-1. ☺️

I think one of the most significant things in the temple is the Abydos Cartouche List of Pharoahs is an ancient record of 76 pharaohs from early Egyptian history, beginning with Menes and ending with Seti I. It is carved onto a wall in the Temple of Seti I at Abydos, Egypt. The first 2 rows list the pharoah cartouches in chronological order. The third row repeats the throne name and birth name of the reigning pharaoh, Seti I over and over. (A tiny bit egotistical. 🤏🏻)

The list intentionally leaves out pharoahs the 19th Dynasty considered illegitimate, heretical, or politically disruptive: Hatshepsut, Akhenaten, Smenkhkare, *Tutankhamun*, Ay, the Hyksos rulers, and the ephemeral kings of the 9th, 10th, and entire 2nd Intermediate Period. It might be some of the earliest examples of revisionist history.

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Once you climb past The Monastery, you can explore the the mountains and find a quiet path for yourself.

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We all have that one friend...

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Divers check out a huge fan coral on a wall dive.

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I learned in the Red Sea and go back again and again.

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King Tut's innermost sarcaphogus is the most intricately decorated of the three sarchophogi.

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Each layer is more intricate than the previous.

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This is the outermost of the enclosures around King Tut's mummy.

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Collection of gold statues of the Egytian gods and goddesses buried with King Tutanhkamun. Now housed in the Tut Wing at the GEM.

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Liveaboard dreams start at the Marriott Marina in Hurghada.

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