Author: Ian C.

Today we were driven an interesting way from Amman to Petra, first stopping at Mount Nebo: “mentioned in the Bible as the place where Moses was granted a view of the Promised Land before his death … provides a panorama of the West Bank across the Jordan River valley …. Jericho is usually visible from the summit, as is Jerusalem on a very clear day“. It wasn’t a clear day for our visit.

We drove further south, to the Dead Sea! We stopped at a resort which offered access to the water, Dead Sea Mud to play with, and a nice lunch buffet.

After lunch we were driven from the very low -1400ft Dead Sea, to a much higher Petra +2500ft, and the roads we drove on were very impressive!

Our nice hotel in the city of Petra offered another buffet for dinner, as well as views of the city.

After a couple travel days flying back to Cairo and then to Amman (international flights in Egypt can only go via Cairo), we are now spending a few days touring Jordan which we know much less about (other than Petra!)

Today we’re being driven an hour or so from Amman to Ajloun Castle which is a youngster compared with Egypt buildings, not even 1000 years old!

On the way back our driver/guide stopped at a nice view for “real” Turkish coffee:

We next visited the Amman Citadel, another “modern” ruin …

From the citadel we could see an impressive Roman Amphitheater down in the town, and we went there to get a closer look:

We are leaving Luxor and our fabulous guide Mina; we spent the evening walking around the city, including right past the Temple of Luxor lit up splendidly!