Jerash On to Jerash I finally get the blog posted after breakfast and we leave the Ramada Resort on the Dead Sea and head to Jerash.We experience the worst traffic so far in Jordan while driving through the outskirts of Amman.Jerash is known as the best Roman site outside of Italy. It dates back 6,500 years.We walk through an area of tourist shops to get to Hadrian’s Gate. I am wearing …
Back to the Dead SeaLeaving Wadi MusaAnother sunny morning. I’ve been awake for hours since the 4:30am prayer calls to be exact. We eat breakfast and check out of our hotel in Petra- it’s called the Rocky Mountain Hotel. The hotel has a beautiful view of the town of Wadi Musa and the rocky hills beyond.In the car we can’t get the portable wifi working on either of our phones …
Petra Day 2ArrivalThe morning is bright and sunny. We arrive at Petra about half an hour later than yesterday and there are a lot more people. Akmed at the hotel told us that normally Petra would get 10,000 per day but since Covid it is about 1,000 per day. I am told the same thing by a Bedouin man who works and lives nearby.The walk through the Siq still …
Petra!!!Breakfast at Rocky Mountain Hotel I didn’t sleep well. We must be close to a mosque because every few hours I wake to the call to prayer being broadcast on loudspeakers. …and then there was the cat fight…and lets not forget the roosters.John says he enjoys listening to the calls to prayers, it’s like the chant of monks but he would prefer that it not happen at 4:30am.Breakfast at the …
