Cham Palace Hotel Amman

... hour flight we arrived at 5 p.m. at the Queen Alia International Airport. We had to wait over an hour till our guide brought us our visas. Then we drove to the Amman Cham Palace Hotel. After a late dinner we went to bed. Tomorrow our trip will ...

... a bumpy ride in places. We then drove to Amman. This took about 3 hours, including stopping for lunch. We are now in the Amman Cham Palace Hotel. The rooms are OK but the service is very poor. Our room is on the 7th floor, the only non-smoking one. There ...

... but our driver would be with us all the way and would organise guides at each stop, which seemed OK to us. The Cham Palace hotel was quite upmarket for us and seemed so civilized after Egypt, another bonus was a deli and pharmacy across the road.. Buffet ...

Very early in the morning we left the hotel and drove to the airport. We tought how fresh the air was; so much fresher and cooler than in Aqaba. And then we saw a sign that read: 77° F/25° C. It felt so cool! How hot were the nights in Aqaba, when 77° ...

... meal spread of salads, dips and bread would have sufficed in itself.The main courses were delicious and we washed it down with mint tea. Very sating. Tomorrow we leave Amman for Dubai and hopefully warmer weather. Jordan has certainly been worth ...

... a Roman Gate. It looks though we are going through at first, but swing right along the Roman wall, and around to past the Bosra Cham Palace Hotel, and figure it is time to get out, as the citadel is right in front of us.    While we are sorting ...

... is just starting to pick up momentum and ATMs are spreading but not yet functional everywhere. In Bosra we had to stay in Cham Palace, one of a chain of hotels owned by a Syrian millionaire. Instead of camping as we had originally planned, we now have to ...

... out of their minds here in Damascus. As a diversion they took us around the city and to dinner at the Cham Palace. The Cham Palace is a five star hotel with a revolving restaurant on the top so we had a great meal and a slow 360 degree view of ...