After Petra, the next stop on our grand tour of Jordan was Wadi Rum - the desert. The place we stayed was a big campsite with 75 tents and about 20 rooms. As with all of Jordan this place was quiet - so quiet that we were the only guests there. We had arrived at lunchtime and had nothing planned for the rest of the day. This had seemed like a good idea before we arrived as we had been so active in Jordan and visited so many places that a day of rest would be welc...

Our week back in the UK passed by very quickly. It was nice to see our parents and refresh our rucksacks ready for part 2 of our travels. Our original plan was to leave England on 16th May and to fly to Amman via Bahrain. With all the troubles going on in Bahrain we had decided to change our flights and go to Amman directly with Easyjet on their new route. This however meant we flew out a day later than planned but we actually ended up saving quite a bit of mone...