Blogs from Jordan, Middle East - page 11

Our last day of the tour, we left the hotel around 8am and got to Jerash around 9am. Jerash is a very large ancient Roman site on par with Ephesus in Turkey. I didn’t even know about it until we had booked this tour. They even have a chariot race and gladiators show in the Hippodrome, but we didn’t have time for that. Lana took us all the way through the complex which took over 2 hours. Lana showed us a spot in the amphitheatre in the centre where you stand and your voice comes back amplified. This explained why we saw the group of youths singing in that spot in the Amman amphitheatre. We left Jerash around 11:30 and drove through Amman again to get to the Dead Sea around 1pm. All the resorts here ... read more

Montag, 16.04.2018 Aqaba (Jordanien): Sonnig, Min. 22°C, Max. 33°C Wir schreiben Tag 101 unserer Reise um die Welt. Vor drei Tagen hatten wir den indischen Ozean verlassen und sind in das Rote Meer eingefahren. Die Piraten hatten uns verschont, die hatten wohl Lukrativeres im Auge, als unser Schiff zu entern ;-). Das von Costa eingerichtete Sicherheitsdispositiv wurde wieder ausser Betrieb genommen. Nun konnten beim Abendessen die Vorhänge wieder offen bleiben und die Wasserkanonen auf Deck 3 wurden entfernt. Nach vier Tagen auf See erreichten wir am Montagmorgen Aqaba in Jordanien. Von hier aus sollte der Ausflug in die Felsenstadt Petra, die aus dem rosa Fels gemeisselte Stadt, starten. Wir waren gespannt wie viele Leute sich an dem von Costa gratis angebotenen Ausflug beteiligen. Ich hatte überschlagen, wenn es nur die Hä... read more

I managed to wake up at about 6:10, early enough to catch the sun coming up over the horizon and it was very peaceful and serene walking around the desert surrounding our camp site. Lovely brekky in the tent before heading off at 8:30 for our camel ride back to the Wadi Rum Visitor's Centre. Brian and I were not too keen on doing this. The last time I rode a camel was in Egypt in 1984 and I swore I would never do that again, but at least I managed to avoid it for 34 years. As it turned out, it was a very pleasant ride across the desert and I was surprised to learn later that we riding for 50 minutes. After a short comfort (and shopping) stop at the Visitor's Centre we were ... read more

Relaxed start to the day, brekky at 8am and after packing we went for a little exploration around Aqaba for a couple hours. We then checked out at noon and Lana took us to a local pizza place for lunch before boarding our bus for the 2 hour journey to our camp in the desert, Wadi Rum. First stop in Wadi Rum is the visitors centre where there is a great view of the Seven Pillars of Wisdom, shops and pretty yucky toilets. It was then a short drive to a spot where we were transferred to utility jeeps. Four people were sat in the back of each jeep. This spot also had some very old forms of writing on rocks. We then were taken on a fantastic tour of features in the Wadi Rum area. ... read more

Woken by the first call to prayer which is suppose to be just before sunrise so I'm guessing 6am but didn't know for sure as I just went back to sleep. Ended up waking around 7am and there was a knock on our door at 7:50 for our breakfast. The man informed me we could have our breakfast on the roof top which we duly did and it was quite lovely. Amman is a very hilly city and we had quite an expansive view. After a good tasty breakfast we arranged for the hotel to look after our luggage and said we'd be back around 4:30pm to pick it up. We found our walk to the Roman Theatre interesting in itself and passed a section with jewellery shops which apparently has been the site of jewelry ... read more