Blogs from East, Jordan, Middle East

Breakfast was ok but nothing to shout about, went for coffee on balcony of local cafe then just had a wonder around before walking to ‘The Blue Mosque’ Had to don appropriate outfit which they provided, long gown and scarf over head, how on earth do ladies of this faith survive? the sweat was dripping of me in seconds! In the mosque which was huge we had to take our shoes off before entering, wow I have never felt carpet like it, was so soft and thick felt like you were on a trampoline, very luxurious. Was lovely but because of the heat couldn’t wait to get out of there. Went to rooftop rainbow cafe for milkshake and obviously sunshine (it is my last day) then walked up to old part of town to meet up ... read more

Well up early to say goodbye to new travel buddies was very strange going back to an empty room, was very lucky to meet such a nice group of people, now just stuck with Phil again ? Quite lucky because when I priced with intrepid travel for transport back to Amman I was given price of 40 dinar per person but ended up costing 4 dinar each, quite a saving!! Once back in Amman, checked into hotel (well sort of B&B) and went for wonder round, decided to go to bar to say high to the owner of the pub we had such a good time in last Friday when we were here, it was closed and after speaking with the locals got told it was now closed permanently, oh dear hope we didn’t lose them ... read more

Well early start to day, 5 hour coach journey to Wadi Rum, had few stops in way last one to pick up some lunch to eat in desert. Transferred from coach to jeeps then had 2 hour drive around desert, so not what I was expecting!! Much much better, the different rock formations were amazing we also seen where Moses found the spring of water. After lunch in desert we went to our camp where we climbed some rocks to watch the sun set followed by a delicious evening meal. After sitting around the camp fire chatting most of the group decided to sleep in the desert under the stars... read more

Oh what a day. After checking out of our luxury accommodation we walked into the centre of Amman, they were just at starting to open there shops. We wondered up and down roads and in and out little alleyways until finally finding our accommodation for the night, after checking.in we then went to apparently the most popular restaurant’ The Hasham’ where we had the most amazing breakfast, very clever here, they don’t use table cloths but put pieces of plastic on table so when you’ve finished they just wrap everything up in the plastic to empty the table. The market was on WOW never seen a market like it, extremely busy and very very loud, did get followed off some random stranger who was also videoing me!!!. We the decided to find a random small pub ... read more

Well, flight was an amazing experience due to the people in it, most passengers were jordaneons who were travelling home to celebrate EIG which is their biggest celebration of the year, the atmosphere on the flight was amazing and everyone was so friendly, cabin crew even walked around serving free champagne, have never been on a flight like this in my life. ... read more