Jordan Day 51 - 52 We passed through the border with little problems - much easier than coming in to Syria although it still managed to take nearly 3 hours (perhaps because Rich spent so long choosing beers in the duty free shop!) We are meeting our good friend Jonny in a couple of days who is joining us for the Amman to Cairo leg of our trip so don't want to be caught short on the beer front... We drove to Umm Qais in the North West corner of Jor...

Day 42 - 43 TURKEY to SYRIA We left a little too late to cross the border before it was dark so tried to stay the night in Antakya, (the ancient city of Antioch) on the Turkish side of the border - however there were no campsites and all the hotels were full. Surprised to find that there was literally 'no room at the inn' we eventually found out that there was a huge military parade going on and that families from all over Turkey had come to see their...