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 …
From Dead Sea to PetraAt the Hotel We are finding Jordanians very friendly…even the lady who thought that John was going to back over her (he wasn’t), smiled and waved at us.Last night we noticed that it was all men working at the hotel however this morning there were a few more women working but still mostly men.After a great sleep in a king size bed, John and I wake …
On to JordanFrom Cyprus to JordanThe 4am alarm wakes me from a really weird dream. John wants me to describe the dream in the blog but I think it’s rather over the top for public distribution. I knock on Graham’s door. He’s already up. We quickly get ready, do a final tidy and we’re on our way.Traffic is almost non-existent this time of the morning as we drive to …
Our flight arrives into Dubai at 3:30am. Walking out of the airplane, the heat hits you like a ton of bricks. At 3:30am it is already 33 degrees. Shawn and Cameron are already at the hotel that Shawn had prebooked because their flight was earlier and direct and arrived the night before. The Dubai Airport is the polar opposite of Addis Ababa. After getting off the plane, we are …