While the temps in the daytime here in the desert are in the mid 20s, the night time temp falls to around 10 so we rug up this morning for our visit to the Petra archaeological site. We even lend out some of our winter gear to others in our group who didn't bring warm clothes - we could do a roaring trade here as there seems to be quite a few people staying here who didn't know the desert is cold in the winter. As we walk into the site of ancient Petra, which ...

It is with great sadness we say goodbye to Tarek who has been our guide in Egypt and we all wish he could come to Jordan with us. Our new guide certainly has a hard act to follow. The flight to Amman from Cairo takes 1hr 20minutes and once there we proceed to buy our visas which only cost $27 each but would have cost about $140 each if we had purchased them from Canberra before we left. No forms to fill out, no photos required - just hand over the money and all...