December 31, 2008. Petra, Jordan. (notes from my journal) At 8 PM, Qasam, the manager of the guesthouse, dropped us off at the Petra visitors center. We were going to do the Petra By Night tour. There were quite a few people. The tour started promptly at 8:30 PM. The tickets need to be pre-arranged but our [...]

(notes from my journal) Our day started pretty early. I was up at 4 AM and Heena at 5. We left the hotel at 5:45 to head to the JETT office. The only cab driver around charged us a princely sum of 5 JD for a 3 minute ride. JETT is a company in Jordan that runs [...]

Amman, Jordan (notes from my journal) December 30th, 2009 I woke up at 2:45 AM. After tossing and turning for the next three hours I decided I’ve had enough and got out of bed, made some coffee and decided to just start the day. Heena got up as well. As we sipped our coffee (nescafe instant coffee, but [...]

Or Philadelphia! No! We did not catch the wrong plane or think that Amman and Philly are the same city! Amman, was once called Philadelphia by Ptolemey II Philadelphius. Over the years the name changed to Amman – how you get from Philadelphia to Amman (as in the name), I have no idea. We arrived at [...]

Jordan Amman: December 28-December 31, 2008 Posts Dec 28: Welcome to Amman! Dec 29, 30: Two days in Amman Photos Amman (Downtown Amman, Roman Theater, Citadel, Amman-Other) Petra: December 31-January 2, 2008 Posts Dec 31: Amman to Petra Dec 31: Petra by Night Jan 1: Petra: Lost and Found, Petra: The Monastery Jan 2: Petra: Higher places Photos Amman to Petra Petra Wadi Rum: January 3, 2009: Wadi Rum Israel Eilat: January 3-January [...]