DAY THE SECOND WHICH I SHALL ATTEMPT AND PROBABLY FAIL TO RECOUNT MORE CONCISELY THAN THE PREVIOUS DAY. The substandard and strikingly mediocre morning of hotel problems, food shortages, being stalked by the bedouins and trying to meet up with Everitte was more than made up for by the rest of the day's activities. It was honestly one of the best half days I have ever had. We entered Petra late lunchtime. For whatever reason, probably because all the tourists t...

PetraPetraPetra. What a wonderful place. Let me recount how we arived and we shall go from there methinks. On Monday we headed extra early (8am) to Samariyyeh station in Damascus and managed to get a coach for I think 500 lira to Amman. This was a good means of transport - air conditioned, spatious and free juice and water and sweet. They certainly know how to keep their customers happy. I listened to Messiaen on the way to the border, don't really know why, ...