Day 3 Monday 31st May 2010, Wadi Musa, Petra. 'You are more than welcome' Today's breakfast was pretty much the same as yesterday only the cold scambled egg was replaced with a warm hard boiled version and a choice of coffee! Wow Jordan is so expensive, to get into the Petra site it costs 38 dinars for 2 days that is about £40! Thankfully we didn't come later in the year when the price of the same ticket will rise to 55 dinars. Oh my god it is so worth eve...

Day 2 Sunday 30th May 2010, Madaba-Wadi Musa. 'Ahmed and the big fat stitch up' Breakfast was an interesting mix of pitta bread with cold scrambled egg, jam and Nescafe, which here as in many parts of Asia is thought of as a kind of coffee rather than a brand. Its either Nescafe or Turkish coffee! After breakfast we arranged to rent a car with the help of the very nice lady in hotel reception, from reliable rent a car. They offer a great service, dropping th...

Day 1 Saturday 29th May 2010, London-Amman. 'Welcome to Jordan' Cris' sister Margot had arrived safely the day before on a flight from Spain. Cris, Margot and Keith all left together to meet Iwona at Heathrow. Once there we checked in our bags but had to take Iwona and Margot's to outsize luggage, which meant almost carrying them onto the plane ourselves! Once on board they had us sitting on the stand for almost and hour before we took off. Apparently the so...