Showbak

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This was on our last day in Jordan, on our way back we explored Shobak and the Little Petra. If only I knew this place was more or less like any other place and worth the miss I wouldn't have made all that effort. It's a very small place and can be finished within 30 mins also there were hardly any tourist so mom was very uncomfortable to hang in here. What I hated most was our driver who was actually going to take us to Wadi Rum and Aqaba got us confused and bought us here instead. If only I would have read Lonely Planet on my last day I would have bargained better.

We had an early morning flight at 3 and we still had 24 hours to go. Thanks to Abu Nasir, our first driver who took us to his home for some shelter as mom and I didn't know what to do after reaching the Amman city at 4 pm. Now he had a massive house and a massive family. Nobody spoke English except his wife who was a sweetheart. Apparently it was a death anniversary of a family member so all his relatives and friends started pouring in. For a moment we thought we were better off at the airport.

We left Abu Nasir's house at 10 pm after which he took us to a restaurant for refreshments and dropped us to the airport by 11 pm. We thought we would check in the luggage and wait till 3 but unfortunately they didn't allow us to check in so we had to wait till 1 am to check in. It was a long wait but thankfully Yathi kept me in company. I am sure he must have exhausted all his money in transfering money on my phone to talk to me. Finally we boarded the flight and couldn't wait to come home back.

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