We got back to Amman and walked for supper but as this proved to be far to energetic and mildly scary we gave up after about an hour and got a taxi to the restaurant which was scrummy! The following day we woke up bright and early as we were heading to Petra. We had decided to hire a car as it was not going to be possible to get public transport and hiring a driver was to expensive! Anyhow on getting into the car we checked about petrol and realised that I had no idea where a petrol station was but if I didnt find one promptly we would run out! Luckily we found a petrol station pretty quickly and headed on our way without getting lost! One of the things that suprises me about ... read more

Woke up early for my first day in Dana and went down to have brekkie which is the same across the Middle East - bread, cheese, jam, labneh, egg and salad! Not my favourite start to the day but as it was included in my room rate I decided to have some bread and pocket some cheese for lunch! Went back to my room and as I wanted to buy some water I got out my money and on counting it I realised that I was down by quite a bit - I don't know where it was stolen but it had to have been en route to or at Dana and as everyone seemed so nice it was a bit of a bugger and didnt help my feelings towards Jordan! The hotel is situated at ... read more

So I left you about two weeks ago as having got to Jordan I discovered that the internet was pretty hopeless in fact I would go as far to say it was crap as none of my emails have sent and so on! Anyhow following on from my last entry I went out for food and had a really chilled out evening at Casa Mia which is newly opened and despite it's name served typical touristic 'bedouin' food. I had some zucchini stuffed with rice and lamb pretty yummy really! Woke up early as I was meeting my French tour group to go to the tombs. Went and bought my tickets for the tombs and hoped that I hadn't missed the group just as I was beginning to despair the car turned up and in I ... read more

Monday started of with me going to visit another old house that has been transformed into a museum. In comparison to the Azem Palaces it was pretty bland and whilst some of the museum pieces were cool they weren't labeled so I couldn't tell what they were! From here I went and got a yummy juice annoyingly they didnt have any mango's and only appeared to do fruit cocktails but yum yum and for a massive glass it was only 50 SYP at least they are healthy as I could happily get fat on them! Walked to the Aleppo museum to have a look around which was interesting though the labelling needs major improvement so that you know what you are seeing when you see it. But they do appear to be making changes with it ... read more

So after moving hotels I eventually set off to explore Aleppo and got lost which was a fab start and my morning descended downhill from there! Aleppo appears to be a city that does not eat or drink and as I was desperately in need of water it was not much fun. Anyhow I finally found a coffee shop and bought some water and rehydrated I walked towards the citadel. Outside the citadel is a nice row of cafes but so I went into one to have a late breakfast early lunch - spying a cupcake I thought ooh yummy and was most disappointed to be given a cup of whipped cream with one of two cakey bits floating in it! Anyhow went into the citadel which was pretty awesome as I waited for all the ... read more