Welcome to Jordan

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25 Aug - after crossing into Jordan, our 10th and final country for this trip, we drive to Jerash. This is one of the best preserved cities within the Decapolis / Greco ruins - it's reminds me of Pompeii and Herculaneum, only MUCH bigger. It's an amazing site with forum, main street, shops, ampitheatre (with Jordanian bagpipe band??!!) and a temple to Diana - the goddess of hunting, with the incredible moving Corinthian pillars.

It's early evening before we arrive in Amman, the capital of Jordan and check into the Toledo. Nice hotel, shame about the room...ours appears to be getting rennovated. Helpful man on reception though puts us in another room though immediately. I'm amused by the 'kibblah' on the ceiling - this is a sticker showing the direction of Mecca, to keep Muslims right when praying - hotels think of everything these days! Also found a prayer mat and copy of qu'ran in the wardrobe.

We just have dinner in the hotel's Western restaurant - lentil soup and pizza, yum, lol 😊

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