Beach Bum Paradise

This is pretty cool. At least, pretty cool marketing. I (and my wife) am a huge Indiana Jones fan, and can’t wait for the next movie (there may be a fifth), and I think that Expedia is offering Indiana Jones Adventure Vacations to Peru, India, South America, Petra and more is pretty neat.

For those who don’t know what Petra is, it is the city carved out of rock that we see towards the end of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJPU1k-jvjU

Also on the trip is a visit to the Dead Sea. I have been to both Petra and the Dead Sea, and can tell you it is an awesome experience. The scene in The Last Crusade only shows the first building in the city of Petra. But the place is huge, it is a massive city carved out of the desert stone. The Dead Sea is great, you cannot sink. Just don’t accidentally put your eyes under the water, it is so salty that your eyes will burn badly. I can open my eyes in the ocean and not feel anything, but there, with my eyes tightly closed, they burned horribly.

The trip also includes the Gulf of Aqaba. This (of course, there is other opinions) is the most likely crossing for the Israelites after leaving Egypt on their way to the real Mt Sinai.

I would definitely check out some of these vacations if you are not the type to sit around reading a book while on vacation.