DAY 20
Back to ‘Petra’ for another 4 hour
hike to a ‘monastry’ high on the hill. Why can’t they carve these important
monuments at ground level?
Why must we
suffer to get there?
It was
pretty spectacular as you will see from the photos but I am very glad that we
did the trek early in the day before the heat really hit!
Back to the
room for ice cream, gin & tonic, and a ‘nanna nap’.
Off at 8am
tomorrow morning for the ‘Dead Sea’ and some
floating without floaties. Apparently, even Bernadette can float here.
We will
test this theory tomorrow.
DAY 21
8AM on the
bus ready to go. We were held up slightly while one of our group quickly left
the bus to throw up.
Off we went
to Karak Castle. The roads were very windy and
the scenery did not change until quite high up when we actually saw our first
glimpse of green for a while.
Mostly we
see sand, sand and more sand with varying degrees of rocks added to the mix.
Therefore when we see a bush or even a tree it is cause for great excitement.
Don’t get
me wrong, this is an extremely interesting trip and as we have been travelling
north from Cairo
each town or region or country appears cleaner, more friendly, less pushy and
more variety of food etc.
RANDOM
INFO.
From late
afternoon onwards in any of the middle eastern towns, there is not a woman in
sight, either walking, in a shop, a restaurant or anywhere??
Back to the
journal…… Yes we went to the ‘Dead Sea’ and
yes Jess and Tony did float as per the photos to come but (for reasons which I
don’t care to divulge here) I did not test the theory.
We then
headed to our new hotel in Madaba (still Jordan) where we actually have free
wireless internet, and a pool with water in it!!
The pool at
the hotel in Cairo
was empty.
Madaba is
famous for mosaics and there is a lovely old greek orthodox church with
original mosaics.
DAY 22
& 23 ( I missed a day somewhere but I am sure that you guys will not
notice)
A nice
leisurely day pottering around at the hotel and walking around town.
We are all
off tomorrow morning at 8.30 am in 3 private taxis for 12 people with LUGGAGE!!
For a 3 hour journey into Syria.
Should be fun??
