Indiana Jones didnt prepare me for Petra! It is a revelation! To stand in front of The Treasury was surreal. But I get ahead of myself. The entry into Petra is through The Siq, a gorge over a kilometre long. It is breathtaking in its own right, resplendant with natural formations, eroded carvings of statues and a roman aqueduct bringing "stormwater" from outside the complex several kilometres into it. But nothing prepares you for the sight of th...

Bye Bye Dubai, and Amman....Oh man!! My very first day in Jordan was confronting from the get-go. In Amman traffic is a contact sport; indicators are purely optional and line-markings are more like "guidelines" than boundaries; speed is entirely arbitrary; and, although they are meant to drive on the opposite side of the road to us - its not really all that clear. I wish I had something nice to say about the hotel - other than Im glad its "on...