Blogs from Jordan, Middle East - page 4

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

After lunch in Petra, we were driven to the Dead Sea. Once there, we went into our hotel’s private part of the Dead Sea, and it was certainly strange. I knew beforehand that you float in the water because of the high salt content, but it was still surprising to go into the water and shoot up like a buoy. The hotel offered a mud mask to put on and then take off in the Dead Sea; I did mine on my face and legs. We washed off and then went to the pool. After that, we took showers and ate yet another wonderful Lebanese dinner before calling it a night.... read more

We woke up late the next morning before we were driven to Wadi Rum. Views of camels and tall, beige rock structures made up the hour and a half car ride into the desert where we stayed in a bubble room- literally a hotel room but in a bubble. After we settled in, we went on a jeep ride, and the first stop was to this large sand dune. Although not easy to climb, it gave us a great view of the surrounding mountains of rock lying on top of a bed of sand. Then, we rode along to a walkable valley that had cave drawings along its impressive walls. One of them depicted a childbirth in which the parent was squatting instead of laying down. The next stop was to a cliff where we walked ... read more

Here we are, the last blog of our little two weeks gorgeous Middle East trip. This is my third visit to Petra, but only the first one for Tanya. In the span of 20 hours in Petra, we actually visited 3 times the site! The drive from Wadi Rum to Petra is a pretty cool one. Some roads are super narrow and in the "hills"...so if you keep a good driving speed...just stay pretty aware of your surroundings. There are for me two options (actually three) to stay in Petra. We could have stay at the small Marriott....I hold top level with them, but the rate was a little steep for June. They also have two Movenpick hotels. I have stay in both on my last two stay. The Movenpick Petra has the perfect location, at ... read more