The Gateway to Paradise ?

There exists somewhere in Jordan a natural site so beautiful you'd think it leads to some great place like Paradise or Shangri-la. It's a very narrow, winding canyon called Wadi Bin Hammad. The high walls are exotic-shaped but smooth and show colorfull metallic inclusions in the rock. The ground is a volcanic water stream up to the anckles or the knees, naturally-heated to a perfect 30-32°C. Palmtrees grow on the upper-reaches of the wall, shedding shimmering light rays into the canyon. Fresh water droplets fall from the above, creating light displays now and then. The pictures below barely render the atmosphere of being there.

The exit of the canyon, near the dead see, isn't the glorious place expected, but it's still a very nice spot with impressive contrast between the dried landscape and the bright pink rhododendrons.