Petra – Jordan
Petra is one of the world’s seven wonders and Jordan plays home to an amazing variety of things to see and do – here’s my blog on a wonderful few weeks exploring.
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Diving in Egypt and Jordan’s Red Sea
One of the highlights of my two months in the Middle East was without doubt the unbelievable diving I did in in Aqaba, southern Jordan, and Dahab, Sinai.
After a wonderful two weeks exploring Lebanon, Jenstar and I flew...
Exploring a complete, and wonderful, unknown – Lebanon
After almost three phenomenal weeks exploring Jordan, next up on the Middle East itinerary was Lebanon. With a two week trip planned but only a one week visa in hand (the embassy in Amman was adamant that’s all...
Wadi Rum – Jordan
There is certainly more to Jordan than just Petra and Wadi Rum is one of those places. Also known as Valley of the Moon, this is the largest wadi in Jordan.
There are many tours that will take into the desert (these can be bought at Wadi Musa, near Petra, or in Amman) or you can do as...
How many camels to make you happy in Jordan?
From Israel, Jenstar and I made our way to Jordan where for the first few days, we based ourselves in Amman and our days took on a familiar pattern. I’d spend mornings at the Lebanese embassy trying to sort out my visa (for various...
Garbanzo Beans in Israel
As mentioned in my last blog, I headed west from Thailand and made my way to the Middle East. The first stop was Israel and after two flights, a ten hour overnight lay-over in Bahrain (where, can you believe it, Gulf Air put me up in a hotel) and a fun-and-games border crossing from Jordan,...