wadi rum. a natural wonder, a geological phenomenon.ley that is just basically huge swathes of red sand surrounded by mountains and ridges of really strange shapes made of sandstone and granite. astonishing. so otherworldly is wadi rum that it's actually been used by hollywood as a stand—in for mars. it's now also the scene of a thriving tourism economy run by local bedouins. wadi means "valley" or "channel," and it's hard to believe this was actually a seabed many hundreds of thousands of years ago. today it pulls in an eclectic mix of backpackers, tour groups and hardcore climbers. but i'm not here for the climbing — thank god, it's boiling — but to witness a little bit of history being re—created. it's all to do with the great arab revolt of the early 20th century when this region was ruled by the ottoman empire, and the famous british adventurer and army officer te lawrence joined the guerrilla attacks with the arabs. archive: the attacks proved to be highly effective. this is a reconstruction of one of the original trains on the he

wadi rum. a natural wonder, a geological phenomenon. basically huge swathes of red sand surrounded by mountains and ridges of really strange shapes made of sandstone and granite. astonishing. so otherworldly is wadi rum that it has actually been used by hollywood as a stand—in for mars. it is now also the scene of a thriving tourism economy run by local bedouins. wadi means "valley" or "channel," and it is hard to believe this was actually a seabed many hundreds of thousands of years ago. today it pulls in an eclectic mix of backpackers, tour groups, and hardcore climbers. but i'm not here for the climbing — thank god, it's boiling — but to witness a little bit of history being created. it's all to do with the great arab revolt of the early 20th century when this region was ruled by the ottoman empire, and the famous british adventurer and army officer te lawrence joined the guerrilla attacks with the arabs. the armed revolt was led by faisal, the sharif‘s son, and co—ordinated by lawrence of arabia, who through folklore has since been

wadi rum. a natural wonder, a geological phenomenon.ars. it's now also the scene of a thriving tourism economy run by local bedouins. wadi means "valley" or "channel," and it's hard to believe this was actually a seabed many hundreds of thousands of years ago. today it pulls in an eclectic mix of backpackers, tour groups and hardcore climbers. but i'm not here for the climbing — thank god, it's boiling — but to witness a little bit of history being re—created. it's all to do with the great arab revolt of the early 20th century when this region was ruled by the ottoman empire, and the famous british adventurer and army officer te lawrence joined the guerrilla attacks with the arabs. the attacks on the ottoman supply lines on the hejaz railway route, which ran north to south through what is nowjordan, proved to be highly effective. this is a reconstruction of one of the original trains on the hejaz railway, and it used to carry pilgrims and supplies to the ottoman troops. i'm going to take a trip now through the stunning landscape. it's b