Blogs from Jordan, Middle East - page 3

With the travel day, 3 hour time change and late-night bedtime, it seemed like a short night. I snuck out to breakfast, as Ken was still blissfully dreaming The breakfast area overlooked the pool with a very large selection of arabic (hummus, labneh, grilled vegis, freshly grilled flatbreads with cheese and herbs, etc) and western (eggs, bacon, etc). Ken wandered down and we enjoyed a leisurely breakfast, slowly getting into the day. Our plan today was to taxi to the Citadel, and then wander to the Roman Theater and on to the souq (marketplace). Eventually we got going, and soon we were entering the Citadel with our Jordan Pass. Note to anyone visiting, get the Jordan Pass before arriving...it includes the visa and access to most of the major historical sites in Jordan. Very worthwhile! The ... read more

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

Free day from tour today but still up early for breakfast must say best breakfast of the week so far, met up with new tour guide Mohammad as previous one Zaher had to leave tour due to family bereavement ? Went to Petra museum, quite interesting as only opened in 2018 just before ? Walked into Petra town, quite hard work as very steep uphill walk, called for coffee at little cafe where the owner Rateb was lovely & so friendly and welcoming. Called into a different hotel for drink ? that had an outdoor pool, asked about using pool but 10 dinar each (£13) so was a no no. Had a wonder around and then called into a very large posh hotel, Moven Pick, had another drink and asked staff if we could sit on ... 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