The "Jordanian approaches circuit" - Day 7

The "Jordanian approaches  circuit" - Day 7

The Dead Sea
The 28th of January 2011

We headed North in what seemed an almost never ending drive up to the salty inland lake. Along the way we came across quite a few arable stretches of land being tended by seasonal workers, many of whom were tomatoe pickers (close to those arable stretches of land one could see tents or temporary accomodation) interspersed by either uninhabited areas or small "bedouin" like villages where camels seemed to be the commonly used transportation. Photographing from inside the bus kept me busy until we approached the Dead Sea. 

And when we approached it ... its  colours just  impacted us so strongly ... that we were speechless ...