We are now exactly one week away from flight from Cairo to Athens. Today we are sort of flying blind. As I explained to Joshua, we have no idea where we will be sleeping the night or even what country we will be in. Depending on what happens with border crossings, we might end the day in Jordan, Israel, or Egypt. After breakfast at the hotel, we set off in a crew cab style pickup truck. Our driver, it turns out, has a brother in Edmonton and has visited there (in the winter no less). We have some great views as the road climbs out of Wadi Musa. Our driver kindly stops at one particularly panoramic lookout for me to take some quick photos. We pass goat herders at the side of the road in places.
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