MUSHROOM ROCK

In the southeast of Wadi Rum, this mushroom-shaped rock is often the subject of a stop between the house of Lawrence of Arabia and the Burdah Rock Bridge. This giant boletus is emblematic of the power of the elements in Wadi Rum. The base has been nibbled away over millions of years by wind and water, whipped up by sand, to form a foot. While the heavy hat seems to stand in balance. Bedouins run a store and tea room in a tent next door, and sometimes one of them plays the oud to pass the time.