Well, there is one more day of school left before the Eid break!  The government did call the holiday early so that means NO school on Sunday.  Yipppeeeeeeee!  I am not sure who is more excited-me or the kids. :-)  That also means that the MS dance has been "postponed" till the end of January which makes me a happy camper. Today has been windy a...

There's a lot to remember and I wish I updated earlier! Joe and I left Aqaba, headed for Petra of Jordan- one of the 7 Wonders of the World. We met 2 Dutch guys on the transfer in Ma'an, we all headed to the Valentine Hostel. Joe and I left immediately for Petra, we bought a 2 day pass to see all the sights. Such a good move! The first good choi...

Tonight was the host family thank you dinner. As much as a dork as I am for blogging about this mere minutes after getting home, the computer is available now, so I'm going to take my chance. Holy improper comma use. English just doesn't work for me anymore. The dinner was fantastic and the pictures are equally good. I can't write much lately so...

Happy Eid al Adha! As I am writing this, I am listening to the afternoon call to prayer and glad not to be on the streets driving. :-) Not sure of the spelling but I have been definately practising the word! Got word again today that there was another change in our flight for Thursday. What started off in September as an 11:00am flight is curren...

Well, I have now been here a week! The time has flown by and I have been able to meet some really neat people and learn a little more of the city. Today, I went with the Mancuso family to the Souk or market down by 1st Circle(I live between 6 & 7) so I could see the Citadel ruins as we got there. I can't wait to see that too! The market was a co...

We moved out of the east to the middle east. After a fairly brief plane ride, we came to Amman and the lovely ,warm and hospitable Hisham hotel. It is always striking to move into another culture. The city of Amman is a monotone with all buildings being some form of beige. It looked more to me like Greece than the middle east. The people were wa...

OK, last entry for this trip. I am sat in the Champions Sports Bar (Marriot Hotel) just about to watch the Utd game...come on Sunderland!! OK, should be sight seeing as it is my last day....but what the hell. Was in here last night aswell at a Karaoke night and kinda ended up in a lock in here which went on late singing songs with the staff and ...

"Lance of Arabia / The Infernal Streets of Philadelphia" Somehow managed to muster the strength of will to actually leave Dahab, but only after a whopping seven days of my life had been consumed. Actually, Dahab is not unlike many a location I know only too well in south-east Asia (and totally unlike anywhere else in Egypt) in that it possesses ...