Our guide making tea
Our guide with another Bedouin
Our 4X4 for the day
Panorama view from where we took a short nap
Our guide from Bedouin Roads drove the Land Rover into the shade of a rock mount. We rested on a large smooth rock surface where we had our desert lunch. There were canned tuna, fresh tomato, mixed beans, cheese, bottled orange juice, and a cup of mint tea. The lunch was simple and light, reminded me of the simple nomadic lifestyle that the Bedouin must have once led. After lunch, we had a hour of nap time in the shade.
Despite circumstances after World War II that led to the majority of Bedouin sedentarisation, the myth of the desert nomads continues to inspire literature and cinema, enrich national heritage and enhance global tourism in the region. Today, most Bedouins in the Middle East live in houses or apartments. The few Bedouin tents that remain in the deserts are mainly for touristic purposes, so as many other components of the Bedouin lifestyle, such as camel caravans are very much entirely replaced by modern means of transportation. Often, it is not easy to differentiate the nomadic traditions with reconstructed lifestyles that are largely based on cultural stereotypes and romanticised interpretations.
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