Wadi Rum and the bedouins

Our last stop in Jordan was the Wadi Rum - nice desert. It was less than 100 km and the route was good. We arrived to the tourist center around 9 am and got all the info: we had to pay 2 JD entrance fee and 5 JD for staying over night with our camper. We went to the nearby beduin village. Here we met one young guy and arrange the trip to desert. Our first idea was to take the camels. But we would have to hire another camel for the guide. We decided to take a short camel ride to the spring and than take four hour trip in jeep. Riding camel was easy but not too conformable. I was happy that i do not have to spend the whole day on the top of this desert creature. Our guide / drive had an old Toyota Landcruiser. He told us that he is 29 and is not married and he was very interested to take pictures with Agnieszka. The desert landscape had many colors and beautiful mountains. We had a small picnic with a beduin tea. After the picnic our guide offered us for additional 20JD to go to see few more sites and the sunset. We did not want to pay more money even when he lowered the price t o 15 JD and we told him to leave us in desert near the spring. We were happy to walk back and enjoy the sunset. It was almost dark when new toyota stop and we were asked if we want to go for a ride. Inside were to man (beduins). They spoke very good English and they told us that they come from the village and that they run small business. It was dark when we have stopped in front of a beduin tent. We were greeted by an old beduin and we were t old that he is the head of the family. We sat by the fire and drank beduin coffee and very good tea. We did nit understand the discussion but we felt happy to finally meet the "real" beduins. We were offered bred, olives and olive oil. The beduin run out of the battery for his flashlight and asked if i have some spare batteries. I did not have any but I gave him my dynamo flashlight which does not need any battery. He was quite happy and offered us t o stay over night. Since we had no idea where we are we decide to come back. Before we left i took picture of them. It was very dark and latter I discovered that he was holding in his hand big machine gun. When we cam back to our car our guide was waiting for us. He wanted to invite us to his home. we were quite tired so we invited him for our tea and I printed few pictures for him. He was very happy especially for the one with Agnieszka and offered us free desert ride next time we come. It was raining all night. We were quite lucky to experience rain in desert.