Within 10 minutes of learning that the Hejaz railway is used for good trains, we came across a very short train that seemed to be carrying people. And the people were all sitting in the one coach that did not have a roof! We have no idea what was going on…

Out in the horizon, beyond the Bedouin tents, you can see a railway line. The best way to locate is the relatively smooth line. It is a narrow gauge railway that connects Istanbul, Turkey to Medina, Saudi Arabia. I believe the original plan was to extent to Mecca but the first World War interrupted the constructions.

Mahmoud let me know that it carries mostly goods trains these days.

Enjoying the Red Sea for one last time before we head out to the deserts

Soon, we befriended some more tourists and then just made a whole evening out of it!!

I asked the owner of the parakeet – who was running a coffee stall – “How good is your karak chai?”

“Very good, sir”

“Let’s us try”

And just like that, we sat down to have yet another round of karak chai…

Not having anything better to do this evening, we just walked around the local markets in Aqaba…

… but it made for a great sunset.

First time we saw clouds in Jordan.