{"id":2637,"date":"2010-08-17T12:17:58","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T11:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/blog\/?p=2637"},"modified":"2024-04-25T17:44:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T16:44:36","slug":"bedouin-wedding-in-the-jordan-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/bedouin-wedding-in-the-jordan-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"Bedouin wedding in the Jordan desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>We have been following the expolits of the Honeymoon testers as they renew their wedding vows around the world attempting to break the Guinness World Record. \u00a0Last week, the winners of the Ultimate Job in Ireland\u00a0clocked up wedding number 41!<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2638 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/weddingdates-wp-ie.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/2010\/08\/Bedouin-wedding.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"375\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Mark and Denise Duffield-Thomas, aka The Honeymoon Testers, \u00a0renewed their vows in Jordan\u2019s Wadi Rum desert, in pure Bedouin-style,\u00a0in their bid to beat the world record of \u2018most married\u2019 couple. \u00a0Dressed in traditional Bedouin clothes, The Honeymoon Testers renewal number 41 was conducted by their horse riding guide Attalyh, followed by a procession and chanting.<\/div>\n<p>\u201c<em>I think Mark really suits the Sheik, me not so much in a long black dress and headscarf<\/em>,\u201d says Denise. \u201c<em>We had a great time though, a lot of dancing around the fire and watching our driver Mohammed belly dance along to the songs.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<div>Mark and Denise spent three weeks visiting Jordan, as part of their world tour testing wedding and honeymoon destinations for Irish company Runaway Bride and Groom. The Jordan trip included 10 days camping and horse and camel riding through the Wadi Rum desert.<\/div>\n<p>\u201c<em>We have had the most amazing time in Jordan, it has really been an incredible journey and a life-changing experience<\/em>,\u201d adds Denise. \u201c<em>We will remember Jordan for its contrasts and all the new experiences we\u2019ve had there, for its incredibly friendly people but also for the romance and history of its cultural sites and the stunning beauty of its pristine seas. It\u2019s an adventure into the unexpected we would highly recommend.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<div>Mark and Denise Duffield Thomas won the Ultimate Job in Ireland \u2013 and probably the World in May. You can follow their adventures on their blog www.thehoneymoontesters.com<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We have been following the expolits of the Honeymoon testers as they renew their wedding vows around the world attempting to break the Guinness World Record. \u00a0Last week, the winners of the Ultimate Job in Ireland\u00a0clocked up wedding number 41! Mark and Denise Duffield-Thomas, aka The Honeymoon Testers, \u00a0renewed their vows in Jordan\u2019s Wadi Rum desert, in pure Bedouin-style,\u00a0in their bid to beat the world record of \u2018most married\u2019 couple. \u00a0Dressed in traditional Bedouin clothes, The Honeymoon Testers renewal number [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-honeymoons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2637"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85052,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2637\/revisions\/85052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}