Today we flew from Amman, Jordan to Istanbul, Turkey, the last country of the trip!

Jordan. The second to last country of the trip. We took an early morning bus from Nazareth to Amman, the capital of Jordan, with the only excitement being the crossing of the border from Israel into Jordan. First, the bus was held up at the Israeli border while they examined the undercarriage of the bus with a mirror. We then had to depart the bus for passport security, where we learned we had to pay a departure tax. Luckily I had 200 shekels left, enough to cove...