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House of Lawrence

Lawrence d'Arabie had united all arabic armies in this desert. That's also where some scene of the movie were shot.
We can now find its name associated to many places....
Nothing really exceptional about this wall! THis is supposed to the remainings of a house where he staid at some time!

Jebel Khazali

This is just a small siq but the mountains around are really impressive, we can clearly see the action of the winds.

Only 15 minutes from the village with our jeep, it would have taken at least an hour to get here riding a camel...

Probably much more fun to do it the camel way but if you don't have too much time, the motorised way is probably the best one...

Not Burdah!!

Not too sure what is the name of this small arch but this is definitely not Burdah. Burdah or the rock bridge is well know since a cigaret brand used it for advertising.
One hour drive from the village, our driver said it was too far and showed us this stuff instead.
Not sure this is something listed on the official program...
If anyone knows, please let me know...

freya_heaven mentionned this could be the Rock Arch of Jebel Kharaz.

Camel on the rock...

On the rock there was again some writings and camels drawings carved into it...
They look pretty recent and I joked a bit about it with my driver but he claimed these are really ancient!
In fact you can now get a huge fine if you start messing with the rocks or carving something into it...

The Sand Mountain

Last step before going back to the village. This mountains start with a huge sandy dune. Quite fun indeed to climb it bare foot!!
Keep your shoes however, if you want to reach hte top, the last part is made of rocks...

Smooth rock...

Quite impressive to see this huge vertical pane of the mountain completely smooth...
I don't know the name of the place, if anyone know, please let me know.

Around the House of Lawrence

Much better however, the view you can have from the nearby rocks.
At some point I really had the impression to be in the middle of Dune! I can now understand where Frank Herbert took his inspiration from!!

Climbing Umm Frouth

You quickly change your mind, once you are at the top!!
Not very difficult, it will take you 10-15minutes with simple shoes to arrive there...

Umm Frouth

Another halt to discover this natural rock bridge.
Not very high, it's not really impressive from downstairs...

Inside Jebel Khazali

You can climb into the siq, not very long, this is quickly a dead-end!!
Howevewer you can see again many carving in the rock. There was some writing in such an early arabic that even my arab friend was not able to understand them...