This morning I did NOT get up early, but I did get in a nice walk after breakfast (free here at the hotel, Al Qidra, in downtown Aqaba). I went down by the sea and walked as far as the giant Jordanian flag on the incredibly tall flagpole. Of course, I took LOTS of pictures, many of them of Eilat across the gulf.
We ate lunch at Vis a Vis, a restaurant almost directly across from our hotel. David had penne with a wonderfully rich cheese and cream sauce (I ate about the last third of it), and I had a very delicious multiple-cheese sandwich.
After lunch, we drove up the Araba, the valley that is known on the Israeli side as the Arava. We turned around at some point well north of Yahel and came back to Aqaba.
While David took his nap, I walked over to the souk district and enjoyed browsing hundreds of little shops selling everything from meat and other foods to women's clothes, jewelry, and household items. Some sold tourist items, but most were much more oriented to the local population, plenty of whom were out shopping in the cool of the evening. I also took some more pictures.
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