Aqaba, Petra and Wadi Rum After much organisation and re-organisation of the car and the tent, we think we have everthing in its place for the next few months. All our gear is in boxes in the back of the car, with the tent in its own locker on the roof rack. The moment arrived to actually drive the cars ourselves on Jordanian roads (on the other side of the road, though we are right hand drive). We were in the middle of the convoy only a couple of kilom...

Introducing the Travellers There are 4 cars plus the leaders on the trip. Two other couples pulled out for health and economic reasons, so we are smaller group than originally planned. Debs and Thiemo head the team. Debs, originally from Oz, is the tour leader, cook, first aid and paperwork handler. Thiemo, who is German, is the driver and mechanic. They devised this trip and this is the first time it has operated this way. They have overlanded Afric...

Amman and Beyond Well we arrived in Amman with some small problems! First the International Airport was closed due to fog and so we landed at a military airport right in town. Problem: Debs, who was collecting us, was unaware of this. Next, we along with dozens of other passengers, did not have Jordanian Dinars for the visa on entry. They wouldn't accept foreign currency, but wouldn't let anyone out to the currency exchange on the other side of immigratio...