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Amman, Jordan
Next destination - Amman Jordan. This leg was 5 hours I think and we landed around 5:30 am their time. I was flying on Royal Jordanian Airlines - my first time with that company and as we came out of the clouds - presto - desert!!!! - Cool! And so different from the lushness of Thailand and Hong Kong. The Amman airport is pretty small and was my first in the Middle East. I had about one hour between flights in this little airport. Scattered around the airpo...
Bangkok, Thailand
May 25 - Hong Kong to Bangkok to Amman Jordan to Paris to St Pierre de Corps to St. Avertin....a 45 hour journey and that was just travel time!!!Check out at the Mansion was 10 am so I hung around till then, packed my stuff and stored it with Mr. Phillip's wife - a woman apparently with no name. Every time I asked Mr. Philip he said "no - no name" and she just smiled sweetly. When he wasn't around I asked her her name and still, just a shake of the head...
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
When you are travelling, every day is a Sunday!!!: you are often not aware what day of the week it is. I headed across the Bay from Kowloon to Hong Kong and hopped on a double Decker bus to have a look. Right away I noticed hundreds of Pilipino women parked in every nook and cranny around the Ferry dock. I thought maybe they were queuing up to buy tickets or attend an event. As the bus pulled away, every single street and sidewalk and park and, well everyw...