April 26
We wandered around Aqaba. There doesn’t seem like there’s too
much to see with regards to major tourist attractions but aside from that it’s
really quite an interesting little city and a good initiation into the true,
deeper Arab-Islamic world. We
moseyed through dirtier, cluttered markets and along a beach dotted with
garbage. We saw every woman
covered, some more than others.
Teenage boys asked us to take their pictures. Some made smooching sounds at Leah. They wanted Leah in the picture. She refused and I said ‘no’ as firmly
as I could… Once again we heard
the blasting, echoing, lingering, evocative, characteristic Muslim call to
prayer. Unlike Israel, this is an
Islamic nation, and these are sounds we’ll have to get accustomed to…
Our center of operations for the
day was McDonalds. It offers free
shade and free bathrooms – commodities in this part of the world. We even got McFlurries! We splurged.
We listened to a sermon on the ipod
on a bench in the shade during the peak heat of the day and then made our way
back to the house. It was still
super hot and a hard desert dusty wind was blowing into us head-on all the way
back. We arrived just in time for
a tasty, Middle Eastern dinner.
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