The new Age Aquaba
The discoveries of the black gold in the rural heartlands of emirates motivated several of its original inhabitants to abandon the land of their ancestors to mass migration in search of better lives towards the City working for the government or some cushy heavy pocketed Multinational corporations. The potential of this now tribal dominated hinterland transformed into tourist hubs and rejuvenating them back into its original vibrancy has been realized by John Falchetto, a former Canadian journalist of Italian decent who runs RAK adventure company Mountain.
Extreme and is very fluent in Arabic which has made a relatively easy go for him in persuading the village elders for their co-operation in getting to let the villages serve as the base camp for the trekkers. Falchetto identified several ethnic villages all of which date several hundred years nestled in different parts of the Hajar Mountain, as suitable spots for overnight camping for the hikers.
This project which he started three years ago has already been completed for three villages and Aquaba is next on the list of revival to its original splendor, the work for its rebuilding is going on a fast pace. This helmet comfortably sits atop the Jabel Jays is about two hour hiking from the ground level which is flat fenced area where tents can be pitched. A toilet block has been built in the vicinity.
The idea behind the new rebuilt is to break the decade long emptiness and silence that hauls the entire stretch and rehabilitate the hamlets bringing them back to its historical ethnic color of simple life, growing crops, looking after goats as they did hundred years ago. The entire infrastructure including building of water cistern and common places where they would grind wheat is to be revived and get the life here moving as it did a century ago.
The cement and the gravel required for the construction is done by the Pashtuns who now live in these villages along with the ethnic tribal of Hajjar. They originally come from the mountainous region between Pakistan and Afghanistan and are attuned to carrying heavy loads up the steep terrain.
Extreme and is very fluent in Arabic which has made a relatively easy go for him in persuading the village elders for their co-operation in getting to let the villages serve as the base camp for the trekkers. Falchetto identified several ethnic villages all of which date several hundred years nestled in different parts of the Hajar Mountain, as suitable spots for overnight camping for the hikers.
This project which he started three years ago has already been completed for three villages and Aquaba is next on the list of revival to its original splendor, the work for its rebuilding is going on a fast pace. This helmet comfortably sits atop the Jabel Jays is about two hour hiking from the ground level which is flat fenced area where tents can be pitched. A toilet block has been built in the vicinity.
The idea behind the new rebuilt is to break the decade long emptiness and silence that hauls the entire stretch and rehabilitate the hamlets bringing them back to its historical ethnic color of simple life, growing crops, looking after goats as they did hundred years ago. The entire infrastructure including building of water cistern and common places where they would grind wheat is to be revived and get the life here moving as it did a century ago.
The cement and the gravel required for the construction is done by the Pashtuns who now live in these villages along with the ethnic tribal of Hajjar. They originally come from the mountainous region between Pakistan and Afghanistan and are attuned to carrying heavy loads up the steep terrain.
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