Middle East Travel

» Mike Gerrard - Wadi Feynan Eco Lodge Jordan.

This sounds like a really wonderful place. I've twice been camel-trekking with the Bedouin in the Sinai Desert in Egypt, and know what a tough life they lead. Projects like this do give a boost to their situation, and help show visitors something of their lifestyle.

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» hughtaylor - Wadi Feynan Eco Lodge Jordan.

In response to Wadi Feynan Eco Lodge Jordan. posted by mgerrard:

Yes I've spent some time with the Bedouin in Wadi Rum and will get round to writing about that soon. They're wonderful people.
One of the things that attracted me to Wadi Feynan was the trekking and I'm planning on doing some of the longer ones, either to Dana village or Petra, on my next visit.
My first visit to Feyan was about eight years ago when it was just a community of tents. The RSCN had just started a leather work project aimed at generating sustainable income for the Bedouin women. It was outside, under a tarpaulin, with just a few tables. The women scraped and preserved the goat skins and a baby under the table was crawling with flies.
Last summer I revisited the project. It's been a great success. It's now housed in an adobe building, the women look happier and more prosperous and another baby was lying there in a nice new basket complete with net.

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» Mike Gerrard - Wadi Feynan Eco Lodge Jordan.

In response to Wadi Feynan Eco Lodge Jordan. posted by hughtaylor:

I loved hearing that little bit about the difference in the babies, between your two visits. Very touching. Reminds us how good travel can be, in many different ways.

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» GuyMarks - Wadi Feynan Eco Lodge Jordan.

In response to Wadi Feynan Eco Lodge Jordan. posted by mgerrard:

This is a great place. It's so nice to see the prosperity in the valley and the gradual conservation of Dana being done in conjunction with the local Bedouin. Too often the locals are chucked off their land when a conservation project comes in but this is the complete opposite - a winning formula for the people and the ecology. It sets an example to be repeated across the developing world.

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» Mari Nicholson - Wadi Feynan Eco Lodge, Jordan

I missed seeing this on my last trip to Jordan, but you've stimulated my interest in visiting a place where conservation and people's needs seem to go hand-in-hand. Thank you for bringing it to our attention, Hugh and for reminding us that helping the environment need not destroy a way of life.

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