Dec 5, 2008
One privilege of being a
journalist - and it IS a privilege - is the opportunity to ask
questions when you meet really fascinating people. Recently we
drove in convoy with a group of others from one end of Jordan to
the other - from Aqaba, to The Red Sea, Jerash, The Dead Sea,
Kerak, Bethany and Amman and more. It is a fabulous, hospitable
country, full of warm lovely people with hugely interesting stories
some of which will be brought to you here as well as broadcast over
the air.
In the first of these, we came
across a New Zealand-born woman, Marguerite van Geldermalsen, who
was selling souvenirs among the lost boys and camels. She turned
out to be a nurse who had travelled with a friend to Jordan in 1978
only to end up falling in love with a Bedouin and living in a cave,
yes a cave, with him in Petra. She is now the author of a wildly
successful book, 'Married to a Bedouin' and this is a taste of her
story.
Marguerite's book is published by
Virago Press and is widely available in paperback. Visit
www.marriedtoabedouin.com for more info.