Me anwummere a etwa to wɔ Petra (Petra), abarimaa bi a ɔyɛ Bedouin (Bedouin) de tii maa me—ɔkaa sɛ n’agya nananom hunuu Lawrence (Lawrence)

Me anwummere a etwa to wɔ Petra (Petra), abarimaa bi a ɔyɛ Bedouin (Bedouin) de tii maa me—ɔkaa sɛ n’agya nananom hunuu Lawrence (Lawrence)

Ɔkwan a etwa to no mita a etwa to. Ɔkwan a ɛyɛ teaa a ɛyɛ abo no wɔ 1.2 kilomita akyi no, ɛpaee—Al-Khazneh (Al-Khazneh). Ɛnyɛ mfoni mu, ɛnyɛ National Geographic (National Geographic) krataa mu, ɛnyɛ Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones) sini mu—ɛwɔ hɔ ampa, na adekyee hann a efi abo mu ba no mu fa no mu mmienu, fa baako yɛ rose gold (rose gold) kɔla, na fa baako da sum mu. Obi a ɔwɔ m’akyi kaa 'Alhamdulillah' wɔ Arabic (Arabic) kasa mu. Migyinaa hɔ, na me dwene sɛ mɛhome anaasɛ mɛkata me home so.

Afei mehwɛɛ ɔkwan no—ɔkwan a ɛyɛ abo a ɛyɛ teaa a menantew wɔ so, a apɔnkɔ ne nkurase nan akye no—na mefii ase susuw sɛnea eyi fii ase.

Nnawɔtwe abiɛsa a atwam no, metenaa Beijing (Beijing) akongua bi so hwɛɛ wiase akansi a ɛyɛ World Cup (World Cup) no mu. Jordan (Jordan) kuo no dii atamfo bi a menkae wɔn din no so. Sini no mu no, mihuu krataa bi a ɛkyerɛ 'The Chivalrous' (Asraafo Kuw)—ne frankaa bi a minnim. Mennim faako a Jordan (Jordan) wɔ, mennim kasa a wɔka wɔ hɔ, na mennim nea enti wɔfrɛ saa kuo yi 'Asraafo Kuw'. Nnipa a wɔwɔ ase no, wɔreto ɔman dwom bi a ɛnyɛ papa, na kamera no faa Jordan (Jordan) bɔɔlbɔni bi anim—na ɔde frankaa a ɛyɛ kɔkɔɔ, fitaa ne tuntum akyerɛw wɔ n’anim, na n’ani so wɔ biribi a me dwene sɛ ɛba bere a wɔadi nkonim akyi pɛ. Menkae akansi no nkonimdi. Nanso mekae sɛ mebuee me browser no, na mekyerɛw 'jordan travel'.

Amman (Amman) yɛ kurow a wɔkyekyeree wɔ mmepɔw ason so. Taksi no fii wimhyɛn gyinabea no de me kɔɔ mmepɔw no so, na ɔkwankyerɛfo no de radio no kɔɔ Lebanon (Lebanon) dwomtocfo bi a wɔreto Fairuz (Fairuz) dwom ho, na ɔde nsɛm a wɔkyerɛ ase kaa kyerɛɛ me: 'Amman (Amman) akwan ne Jordan (Jordan) nkurase ntoboase yɛ ade baako—wɔkyinkyin, nanso wɔba. Ɔde me gyinaa adidibea bi a wɔfrɛ no Hashem (Hashem) ano—saa adidibea yi a wɔde mfe aduosia ayɛ adwuma no ntumi nkata, na n’aduan a wɔtɔn no yɛ nneɛma abiɛsa pɛ: hummus (hummus), falafel (falafel), ne bread (bread). Ɔsomfo no de bread (bread) bɔɔbɔɔ guu pon a ɛyɛ plastik (plastik) so, na ɔde Arabic (Arabic) kasa a ɛyɛ hare kaa biribi. Mente ase, nanso obi a ɔrewe aduan no serew kyeree ase: 'Ɔka sɛ—di kan, na kasa.'

Adekyee a ɛto so mmienu no, anɔpa dɔn asia, migyinaa Petra (Petra) kwan ano. Sɛ wote Jordan (Jordan) da baako pɛ a, ɛsɛ sɛ wode wo bere nyinaa ma Petra (Petra). Ɔkwan a ɛyɛ teaa a ɛyɛ abo no, ne mita ɔha biara yɛ wim tebea soronko—wɔ kwan ano no, nsɛm a wɔka no wɔ hɔ, nanso sɛ wokɔ mu a, wote mframa ne wo nan nko ara. Abo no so no, wohu tete asɔredan ne nsu a wɔde fa ho nneɛma, na abo no ayɛ te sɛ honam. Wɔ mita 800 ho no, abarimaa bi a ɔte apɔnkɔ so a ɔyɛ Bedouin (Bedouin) twaa me ho, na ɔdan ne ti kaa: 'Ɛbɛn.'

Ɔkwan no awiei a ɛyɛ anigye no akyi, metenaa abo bi a ɛwɔ Al-Khazneh (Al-Khazneh) anim no so. Akwantufo no redwene mfoni a wɔbɛfa, Instagram (Instagram) so, ne akwantu krataa a wɔbɛhwɛ. Ɔbaako pɛ na ɔannyɛ biribiara—abarimaa bi a wadi mfe 13 anaasɛ 14 a ɔyɛ Bedouin (Bedouin), a ɔde ntoma a ɛyɛ kɔkɔɔ ne fitaa akyekyere ne ti, na ɔde ne ho asi abo bi so. Ɔhwɛɛ me, na ɔde nsu a ɛyɛ hyew a efi nsu a ɛyɛ hyew mu no guu kuruwa bi mu maa me. 'Mint tea (Mint tea),' ɔkae, 'woforo saa bere tenten yi, wo nsu no asa.' Tii no yɛ dɛ, na wɔde suka a ɛdɔɔso guu mu. Mebisaa no sɛ ɔte Petra (Petra) mu bere tenten. Ɔkae: 'Mewɔ ha daa. Me nana nso wɔ ha. Ɔkaa sɛ ohuu Lawrence (Lawrence).' Ɔde kuruwa no too fam na ɔde ne nsa kyerɛɛ akyiri—monastery (monastery) no a ɛwɔ akyiri no, a ɛwɔ ntompe 800—'Sɛ wopɛ sɛ wokɔ hɔ a, fi ase seesei. Anwummere no, ɔhyew boro so.'

Wadi Rum (Wadi Rum) anadwo wim nsoromma no nhia kasa biara. Bedouin (Bedouin) ɔkwankyerɛfo no de ne nan twerɛw anɔpa a ɛbɛba no jeep (jeep) kwan wɔ anwea so, na ɔkaa asɛm bi kyerɛɛ me: Wɔn abusua no atena ha mfe ason, na awo ntoatoaso biara de din foforo ama sare no. 'Sare no nsakrae,' ɔkae, 'nanso wɔn a wɔhwɛ sare no na wɔsakrae. Ɛno nti, din no nso ɛsɛ sɛ ɛsakrae.' Ɔsɔɔ kaneaa bi a ɛyɛ kerosene (kerosene) so de sensɛn ntomadan no akyi—kanea a ɛyɛ nnipa nko ara a wɔyɛe wɔ kilomita 50 mu—na ɔde ne nsa kyerɛɛ Milky Way (Milky Way) no: 'Hwɛ saa nsoromma a ɛyɛ teaa yi, yɛfrɛ no 'Yoma aniwa'. Mehwɛɛ bere tenten, na me dwene sɛ din yi yɛ papa sen 'Milky Way (Milky Way)'.

Dead Sea (Dead Sea) nni asorɔkye. Wokɔ mu, nsu no ma wo tɛkrɛma, nanso sɛ wopɛ sɛ wosɔre a, ɛyɛ den sen bere a ɛfata—wiase nyinaa nsono a ɛwɔ hɔ no nyinaa kɔ wo nan mu. Metɛkrɛmaa wɔ nsu no ani simma 15, na mehwɛɛ Israel (Israel) a ɛwɔ afa no so, ne Jordan (Jordan) sare kwan a ɛwɔ m’akyi no, na mebɔɔ mmɔden sɛ mɛka akwantu yi nyinaa ho. Jordan (Jordan) yɛ ɔman a nni ngo biara, nanso wɔbuee wɔn kwan maa nnipa bɛboro ɔpepem mmiɛnsa a wɔyɛ ahɔho. Ne din a wɔde nim no yɛ Petra (Petra), nanso ne ntini ne ntoboase. Saa ntoboase a ɛyɛ abo no yɛ asɔredan, a ɛyɛ sare no yɛ fie, na ɛyɛ ahɔho no yɛ anuonyam.

Da a merekɔ no, mɛsan kɔɔ Amman (Amman) kɔfe adan no mu. Wura no huu me, na ɔde Arabic (Arabic) kɔfe maa me—a wɔn de suka guu mu, na nsu a ɛyɛ nwini wɔ ase. Ɔde ne nsa kaa kɔfe a ɛwɔ kuruwa no ano no, na ɔde twerɛwɛn ketewaa bi guu pon no so, kaa: 'Eyi ne Petra (Petra). Wobɛsan aba.' Mebisaa no nea enti. Ɔde ne nsa kyerɛɛ Jordan (Jordan) bɔɔlbɔ kuo no bere a wɔbɛbɔ no a ɛwɔ ɔfasu no so. 'Efisɛ bere a Jordan (Jordan) bɛbɔ akansi no, wobɛhwɛ.'