Saturday February 18
We had an early departure from the Arce Hotel in Ula. It’s a very simple hotel where the rooms are separate
from the main building and they overlook a beautiful green garden in the center
of the property and the hills of Ula. We
left the hotel to go to Um Daraj (Mother of the Stairs) in the mountainside of
Al Khuraibah. People climbed the stairs
to look at the rock drawings done during the period of 500BC. From there we
went to the old town of Ula
that the government is trying to restore.
Ula is known as the Nabateen route or the stone route that lead
to Jordan. The Nabateans are the same people that built Petra, and they are
famous for knowing where the water is and because of that they had trade routes
throughout this region. The scenery in this area is breathtaking and changing
from one part to the other.
This is the area of Madain Saleh, the ancient homes and
graves of the Nabateans. We took 4 wheel
drives into the area. We also visited
the Hejaz Railway Stations numbers 17, 18 and 20.
Late in the day, the drivers had coffee and tea and went
deep into Madain Saleh to watch the sunset.
It was so relaxing and quiet - that is one thing that all of us kept noting
- the lack of sounds of cars, trucks, TV etc.
You forget of the world outside.
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