Our day trip from Amman didn’t have the early start that had been threatened. In fact, the rest of the group were so late rolling down to breakfast I began to think they’d gone without me! But no, we met at 9:30 and hit the road to Jerash. Just like every other country with some decent Roman ruins, they claim it’s the biggest, best preserved, most complete set of ruins, but in my view, none of them can match Leptis Magna. Nonetheless it’s impressive and we passed a couple of hours wandering round, soaking up the atmosphere. Back on the bus again, to the Dead Sea. I’m sure many more eloquent scribes have written about this experience but it is truly bizarre. The water is both incredibly salty and slightly oily and you can sense the
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