Jerusalem (Part 1) – Bethlehem and Israel Museum
Our first day exploring Jerusalem began with our guide and driver, Jiries, collecting us at 9:30am, and we headed to Bethlehem via the settlements. This country and the situation is Continue Reading →
Month: December 2017
Jordan to Israel – Border Crossing, Masada, Qumran
Our hotel in Madaba (Mosaic City Hotel) arranged a driver to take us to the King Hussein/Allenby Bridge Crossing between Jordan and Israel. His name was Jehad, and I nearly Continue Reading →
Wadi Rum to Madaba
After our big balloon ride at dawn, we headed north towards the small town of Madaba. It was a big drive on the challenging Desert Highway, which is a mess Continue Reading →
Wadi Rum, Jordan
Wadi Rum Bedouin Camp In our quest to squeeze as much as possible into this trip, we needed to get to Wadi Rum by 9am to join our all day Continue Reading →
Petra, Jordan
Drive from Feynan Ecolodge to Shobak Castle Leaving Feynan Ecolodge via the main road, which did not look at all like a main road in all its dusty, pot-holed glory, Continue Reading →
Feynan Ecolodge, Jordan
The anticipation of our road trip in Jordan (tinged with a hint of trepidation) meant little sleep before setting off from our B&B in Amman – thoughts of the big Continue Reading →
Amman Day Trip – Umm Qais, Ajloun Castle, Jerash
North of Jordan’s capital, Amman, lie some very important historical sites, so we arranged for the driver who had collected us from the airport to take us on a day Continue Reading →
Amman, Jordan
Due to some negative comments written on TA about arrival in Jordan, we had been prepared for a tricky immigration process, but we found the officials at immigration and customs Continue Reading →
InterContinental Cairo Citystars
After our four hour wait at Aswan airport (see previous post) it was such a relief to be delivered safely to the sparkling oasis of the InterContinental Cairo Citystars late Continue Reading →
Abu Simbel, Egypt
We discovered that EgyptAir easily and often change or cancel their flights, sometimes with little notice. Our flights from Aswan to Abu Simbel return, planned well in advance, were such Continue Reading →