Jarash

We had to navigate the motorway through Amman in the morning, but the roads are good and drivers reasonable (staying in lane optional!) so we were in the roman ruins in Jarash with about a hour.

It's an impressive, sprawling site although having visited the Rome Forum only a couple of months ago slightly diminished it's impact. Still the two perfectly restored amphitheaters we incredible and we spent a couple of good hours wandering the ruins in the heat of the day.

Rather than drive the normal, quick and boring way back via Amman we took the lesser traveled scenic route. First we went up and were rewarded with lovely cool breezes (our cars AC struggles with this heat), but then we went down, down and the heat got increasingly stifling.

We stopped for supplies (24 litres of water!), an amazing swarma and a local SIM card. Most people speak some English but regardless their friendliness is just amazing.Read more