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Jordan 🇯🇴

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  • Trip start
    May 4, 2025
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    Amman

    May 5, 2025 in Jordan ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    Arrived in Amman late last night after treating ourselves to a very comfy business class flight and up to explore the city today. It's about 20 degrees and we're the only ones in shorts and t-shirts. Proper Brits abroad.

    Visited a bookshop/cafe and ended up in an Irish bar of course (culture) before going for lunch at Hashem and ordering far too much delicious food for about 8 JOD (about £7.50.) It was so good and full of locals which we took as a good sign.

    After lunch and a stop at the Roman ampitheatre, we ventured out on a walking tour, which was excellent. Mujalli took us through the local Souks and seemed to know every single person who would give us free food (more chickpeas) and gave us a lot of insight into Jordan's history and relationship with Palestine. We also dressed up in the traditional Jordanian (red) and Palestinian (black) headscarves and thought we pulled them off. Ended up on his roof terrace having a 10% beer and laughing with the rest of the group.

    Amman has been great. Locals have all been incredibly friendly... waitstaff, oddly, not so much. The older half of the city that we explored was a bit more run down and we didn't get time to explore the newer, richer half. Saved for next time.

    A superb dinner at Saffa (even more chickpeas) and by then we were exhausted. Back to the hotel to get ready for the 4hr drive through the desert to Petra tomorrow.    Read more

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    Petra (day 1)

    May 6, 2025 in Jordan ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    Picked our car up this morning which will be our ride for the rest of the week. We were strongly advised not to drive in Amman as it can be a bit crazy, but the rest of the country is pretty much covered by a choice of 3 highways that run north to south, so we picked one and headed to Petra. Lanes are disregarded and speed bumps pop out of nowhere, but aside from one swerve for a wayward camel the journey was pretty relaxed and enjoyable.

    After a quick kebab for lunch we started our walk through the Siq towards the Treasury which is the building I have in mind when I think of Petra (and I think the one in Indiana Jones but I haven’t seen it). It was about a 30 minute stroll and the view when you turn that last corner is as spectacular as it looks. Tourism is relatively low at the moment so we didn’t have to battle crowds for photos, and ended up having a photoshoot with a local Bedouin who got fully into director mode, resulting in a hilariously awkward video.

    Tomorrow we’re planning a longer walk from the other side of the route so we headed back for a cold beer before dinner. One thing we’re noticing is that a lot of the restaurants are dry, but they’re definitely not stingy on the portions.    Read more

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    The Monastery850 steps downColonnaded StreetTheatreStreet of FacadesThe Treasury

    Petra - Day 2

    May 7, 2025 in Jordan ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    Second day in Petra and we definitely got our steps and vitamin D in.

    We met a lovely couple from Glasgow, James and Nicola, when we did the tour in Amman and turns out they're staying at the same hotel as us. We met up with them today at breakfast and decided to do the walk through Petra together.

    We had a great guide who took us via jeep to the 'back entrance' to the Monastery. He showed us all the best photo stops and gave us all the history of how Petra has exchanged hands over the years and various empires. He was a bit annoyed we didn't want to pay the extra 150 JOD (£140) for the extended tour... but by that point we'd already walked about 5 hrs in the sun so we felt pretty justified. The whole route was absolutely stunning and it was an incredible day.

    After Petra we went to The Cave Bar and had a few drinks, then onto a rooftop bar for more drinks and then onto dinner with some camel burgers (delicious). Was such a fun evening and we really enjoyed swapping travel tips with our new pals.

    Also, I made a cat friend at the Petra treasury, so all-in-all a great day.    Read more

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    Wadi Rum

    May 8, 2025 in Jordan ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C

    Drove further south today to the Wadi Rum desert, just before the border to Saudi Arabia.

    We had an 8hr 4x4 jeep tour booked and a night camping under the stars with our Bedouin hosts. The desert is spectacular, half red sand and half white, and has been used to film loads of big movies like The Martian, Star Wars and Laurence of Arabia. We drove around different sights, stopping to feed camels, climb dunes and sandboard. For lunch our host cooked us a delicious vegetable dish in a cave and we had a siesta which was very welcome as it was HOT.

    By 5pm we were exhausted so headed to our camp to watch the sunset and then enjoyed a traditional Bedouin meal that had been cooked underground, drank lots of tea and played some Seega (bedouin chess) in the sand. Our bed was open to the elements so we enjoyed a night under the stars and it was amazing. The moon was bright so we set our alarms for 4am to see the milky way and caught a few shooting stars. Another 10/10 experience.    Read more

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    Dead Sea

    May 9, 2025 in Jordan ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C

    We were sad to leave the desert this morning but were treated to a traditional Bedouin breakfast before we did. They cooked bread straight on the fire’s ashes and then tore it into pieces and mixed it with yoghurt and ghee. Robbie loved it, Daisy was unconvinced.

    We then drove 4 hours to The Dead Sea, stopping at a roadside restaurant outside Dana for lunch where a very sweet father and his young son served us chicken and hummus with complementary tea.

    We didn’t realise how hot it was until we stepped out of the car at our accommodation at 4pm - our phones were saying 39 degrees! We hid out in the air conditioned room for a bit and then went down for a float in the Dead Sea. The sensation was quite odd, and every cut we didn’t know we had stung, but it was a lovely temperature.

    Dinner at the hotel restaurant and an early night.    Read more

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    Dead Sea and Wadi Mujib

    May 10, 2025 in Jordan ⋅ ⛅ 36 °C

    Our last full day :( It started with a river canyon hike in Wadi Mujib which was right next to our accommodation. It was about 2hours up and back. At points the water was quite shallow and at others we were climbing up, or sliding down, waterfalls and being completely submerged. It was mostly shaded and we were very glad for the relief from the heat, and also glad we did it early as it was starting to get very busy as we were leaving. It was really good fun and quite challenging in parts, but floating back downstream in the current was lovely.

    Afterwards we had no where to change or dry off so we chanced our luck and headed straight to our final accommodation in the hope of an early check-in. We’re staying at the Marriott Dead Sea resort which is a change from the rest of the holiday but a welcome chance to relax. It was another crazy hot day so we spent some time in the spa and then enjoyed lazing around the pool reading our books. I don’t think I could do a full week in a resort, but it’s a lovely way to end a trip.    Read more

    Trip end
    May 11, 2025
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