Day 46, 19 August 2012, Wadi Rum Desert Camp to Aqaba Port - A very, very long day. At least 48 hours. Felt longer. Up at 8 am for a 9 am departure for a 12 noon ferry. Must be pointed out that the Jordanians are quick to say it's an Egyptian ferry company. Must also point out no one from Jordanian branch of On the Go Tours could be bothered to phone ferry company for updated schedules due to Eid holiday. We arrived at the port at 10.30 am. Ferry postponed t...

Day 45, 18 August 2012, Hike to High Point of Sacrifice via the secret Al-Madras route. (The hike went past cave rooms believed to be ancient classrooms or in the modern language Madrassa). Drive to Wadi Rum Desert Camp for the night - Now we're both literate, articulate and more or less capable of reading a tour itinerary. That being said, the phrase High Point of Sacrifice (not low point of sacrifice, not medium point of sacrifice) should have been a clue. Ri...

Day 44, 17 August 2012, Full day exploring Petra topped off with a Turkish Bath - Today we spent 8 hours hiking around Petra - via Donkey, Camel, Horse and of course, Shanks's Pony. Whilst James has ridden a few horses, I can honestly say I've ridden only 5 times. And three of them were today. We walked through the Siq in daylight this time and the Treasury was imposing in brilliant sunshine. We continued through the Street of the Facades and also past the Ro...

Day 43, 16 August 2012, Impromptu trip to Jerash, Jewellery shopping and lunch en route to Shobak Castle then onwards to Petra and "Petra, by Night!" - What a day! We left on time for the one hour drive to Jerash and initially we had a look around the imposing entrance gate and thought - hmmm... not as much here as expected for the second best attraction in Jordan. Then we turned a corner and saw the Roman ruins stretching into the distance. One of the highli...

Day 42, 15 August 2012, Madaba by night, hatching plans for Jerash - After a 2 hour, dead to the world nap, we woke up at 6.50 pm to head out with our guide Jurmelah to break her Ramadan fast. Went to a local restaurant, smelled the sweet smoke of the shisha pipes and enjoyed local food. Due to equipment just not being Hardie-proof, James was in need of new Jesus-shoes (aka. sandals) and we had a good look around the lights and action of night time Madaba - sec...