Stuck in Aqaba. Long story short, the boats here are super unreliable and poorly structured. Our boat, after boarding and sitting for over 2 hours got cancelled because of weather and closed ports. All nationalities other than Jordanian and Egyptian were stuck on the boat were one Russian guy said he felt like we were hostages because we had to wait at the back of the boat until they sorted our passports and called us one by one. (There was confusion created by o...

Today we traveled further south to Wadi Rum, the true deserts of Southern Jordan. Lawrence of Arabia lived part of his life in this beautiful desert, writing parts of his book while living in a house made out of a giant rock. We visited a couple springs and his house - I have no idea how someone could survive like this, he must have really roughed it out. We had a tour guide take us in a 4-wheeled Land Rover through the desert, stopping at special sites such a...

I think I lost a million pounds in the last two days of hiking! Petra is a beautiful hidden city in Wadi Musa -Moses' Valley- that you have to walk about 2 miles through a Siq (narrow pathway between large canyons) to find. The city is carved out of the Rose Red rock with empty tombs everywhere you look. Last night, we actually went to the Cave Bar, where we had a drink inside a real tomb, scary. The Nabatean's built this city sometime B.C. and now the Beduin...

Small farming village amidst of city of stone brick, hand-built buildings and little kids with dirt streaked faces kicking a soccer ball around in narrow streets. When we visit Lizzie's step-dad's family, we are immediately greeted with tea, then a shot of coffee. Soon after a meal, more tea, a huge basket of fruits, and a shot of coffee. We lounge around on cushioned seats that sit low to the ground, kind of like little rectangular beds that line up against t...

This country is CRAZY. We will be driving down what is the equivalent to Lake Shore Drive and see people walking on the road, sometimes even trying to cross it. Little boys and girls run around highways playing with their toy cars on the median. And very little English... everywhere you go. We are easily spotted as foreigners by our backpacks, clothing, and natural way we carry ourselves. Since Jordan is a Kingdom, the King's picture is EVERYWHERE (sometimes a s...