jordan
On the top of Umm Biyara, I owned the whole mountain.
I shared the top with the lamentable ghosts of Sela instead of the annoying camel riders and with the one who doesn't sleep nor slumber instead of the one who sell cold drinks.
- highlights of jordan
- food
- guide books
- hotels
- day 28 amman and jerash
- day 29 petra
- day 32 wadi rum by truck
- day 33 wadi rum on feet
| Day | Date | Week | Place | Morning | Afternoon | Late afternoon /Nig | Hotel | ||
| 28 | 10/27/01 | Saturday | Amman | Jerash (5d) | bus to Petra | Moon Valley (7d, nice BK, PB, view, closer to ruin, good) | |||
| 29 | 10/28/01 | Sunday | Petra | Petra (31d for 3 days) | hike monastry, hike tomb to treasury | Moon Valley (7d, nice BK, PB, good) | |||
| 30 | 10/29/01 | Monday | Petra | hike high place of sacrifice | hike umm biyara | Petra at night (13d) | Moon Valley (7d, nice BK, PB, good) | ||
| 31 | 10/30/01 | Tuesday | Petra | tunnel trip | city center | Moon Valley (7d, nice BK, PB, good) | |||
| 32 | 10/31/01 | Wednesday | Wadi Rum | bus to wadi Rum | Wadi Rum truck tour | desert open air | In the desert, under the stars (cold) | ||
| 33 | 11/1/01 | Thursday | Wadi Rum | wadi rum hike | wadi rum hike | desert camp | In the desert, inside the camp (warm) | ||
| 34 | 11/2/01 | Friday | Aqaba to Nuweiba | fast ferry to Nuweiba (11:00a | Bus to Dahab (4:00pm, AC, 3 hr) | Mt Sinai | Mt Sinai, no sleep, too cold | ||
| Exchange Rate | Hotel Keys |  |
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| Turkey | US$ 1 = 1.6ML | SB=Share bath, PB=Private bath | |||||||
| Syria | US$ 1 = 50p | BK=Breakfast included | |||||||
| Jordan | US$ 1=0.7d | AC=Air Con | |||||||
| Egypt | US$ 1=4.25p | SC=Shower Cold | |||||||