by bill-youngs | Sep 14, 2023 | Fireside Talks
Wadi Rum is a marvelous wilderness of sand and rock in the Kingdom of Jordan. Long ago it was the setting for some of the scenes in the film “Lawrence of Arabia.” Recently it was the setting for all of the “Martian” scenery in the film of that...
by Brian O'Riley | Nov 18, 2022 | Fireside Talks
When I first arrived in Wadi Rum several years ago, I had only recently visited several of Utah’s storied national parks: Grand Escalante, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands, and Arches. Like those places Wadi Rum is a collection of rock formations in a desert. More of...