AlUla to Jubbah, Saudi Arabia, December 29, 2022
It was a long drive day, 544 km from AlUla to Jubbah-
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There were herds of sheep, goats and camels scrounging in the sand-
We came across two accidents. In the first one, a truck demolished a small car. Someone, still alive we think, was being put in the ambulance as we drove by. The second was a semi-
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It was freezing in the bus, apparently there is only air conditioning up top, no heat. We were wrapped in blankets and wearing all our gear, toques included-
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The sand turned red and the road was hilly and winding-
We looked for a gas station for lunch but only drove by deserted and rubby ones-
More sandy scenery-
Our nice pavement disappeared-
and we were on very rough road-
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We got to Jubbah to see rock art. Human settlement of the area represented by the stone tools dates back to the Middle Palaeolithic Age (50,000 - 40,000 B.C.). The site also has carvings from the Neolithic Period (10,000 to 4000 B.C.) and ancient Arabian Thamudic inscriptions from the first millennium B.C. I have no idea which are which! The rocks look like this-
and the carvings are usually on the black parts-
We are camping near the rock paintings and had time to do a “truck clean” . Everything had to be scrubbed. I hate truck cleans but it went well and most helped. You always have some slackers; people who can’t look around and see what needs to be done or who are too stunned and lazy to ask-
Our drivers are leaving with the bus tomorrow morning. Apparently a different bus, hopefully one with heat, and two drivers, one from Syria and an Egyptian are taking over. We will never get them trained in 2 days! We will cross into Jordan tomorrow, hopefully quickly and without issues and make our way towards the Dead Sea.
P.S.
One last shot of our coach-
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