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I then bought a ferry ticket into Jordan to Aqaba. I stayed one night in Aqaba and then headed to Wadi Rum in the desert.
I spent a night with the Bedouin out under the stars, where we camped with a fire next to the rocks, the Jabel cliffs rising sheer from the desert floor.
These are a collection of drawings I while I was traveling along the Silk Road in 2000 AD through Egypt Jordan and Syria visiting ancient ruins.
Wadi Rum Sandstone formations
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From Wadi-Rum I picked up a bus in the desert headed for Petra, the forgotten city of stone. I stayed for two days in Petra, and then caught a taxi on to Amman. At night, taking in the music, the food and cities paint a picture as old as time.
I crossed red sea over to Jordan on a ferry and continued to Petra then up to Accra and on into the desert.
Petra is spectacular full of hundreds of tombs, houses and monuments carved into the sandstone cliffs. I had some time to draw, and write and contemplate the empires who have created these fantastic cities in the sand. It is inspiring to say the least, and so as the old and the new co-exist in a land of extremes, the people
I spent a month in Egypt travelling overland to visit the various temples and tombs left behind for thousands of years.
After a month travelling along the Silk Road through Jordan and Damascus I returned to Cairo and met up with my friends Alex, Daniel and Racheal where we stayed for a couple nights.
Together we then went on a further adventure up the Nile to visit many more famous Egyptian monuments and ruins.