We had an easy last morning in Egypt 🇪🇬. We had to be out of our room by 12 but we weren't being picked up for the airport until 1.30pm so we decided to have lunch sitting by the pool. Big mistake!! I ordered pizza 🍕 which arrived raw and doughy and Mark had cold, chewy chips with his chicken sandwich 🥪. I wish we hadn't bothered! 😂
Our driver was 10 minutes late picking us up but he more than made up the time on the way to the airport! We've had some hair-raising rides while we've been in Egypt but this guy was off the chart! I decided it was safer not to look out of the front window so kept my eyes fixed firmly to the side. Suddenly, my view was blocked 🚫 by a 6 foot high wall inches from my face! I was somewhat alarmed!! It's a good job we're not nervous passengers!! 😂
Anyway, we reached the airport in record time so were easily able to go through the multiple security checks before our flight ✈. We thought we had been through them all so used the rest of our Egyptian cash to buy some drinks - only to have them confiscated at the final checkpoint at the boarding date! Oh well!!
Our flight ✈ was a little delayed so we watched the sunset 🌇 from the departure lounge and then took off in the dark. It was only a 1 hour 15 minute flight ✈ but they served a full meal!! We had cheese, smoked chicken, salad 🥗 and a roll followed by a KitKat and a mango 🥭 juice! No sooner had they served it, they were rushing back down the plane to take away the rubbish! 😂
We landed in Amman and were on stand and getting off in record time. The visa on arrival process was very straightforward. We had to wait a while for our luggage 🧳 so I was able to sort out some Jordanian currency.
Once through customs, we had an encounter with a dodgy taxi guy. Luckily, we spotted the official airport taxi firm and extricated ourselves from the clutches of the scammers!! We had a very nice driver who took us straight to our hotel 🏨 and didn't try to rip us off!
First impressions of Amman are that it is incredibly clean and well ordered compared to Cairo. We only saw normal cars 🚗 on the way in from the airport (no horse and carts or tuk-tuks!) and the drivers mostly seemed to be following the rules of the road!
From what we have seen so far, the hotel 🏨 is a typical joining hotel for an Intrepid tour - not the best, but it will do! 😂Read more