|
  | |  |
Just arrived in Jordan
Entry 16 of 195 | show all | print this entry |
This morning we took a bus from Damascus direct to Amman, and suprisingly this time IT WAS DIRECT! The bus left at 7am this morning and we caught it by the skin of our teeth!! It was an hours drive to the border and we were stamped out of Syria with no problems despite never actually been given an entrance and exit card, but the guy at immigration diddnt seem too worried!
When we got to the Jordanian border we bought our visas and had to wait for ages for everyone else on the bus to complete all the formalities and then we were off, we waited for a further hour for a baggage check that never actually happened!!Then the bus drove us to Amman's bus station. From here we took a taxi with 2 Japanese guys who were on our bus and happened to be staying in the same hostel, this bought the price down considerably....we noticed how much more expensive Jordan was than Syria when we bought 4 bottles of water and 2 cans of fizzy drink at the border and it cost 5.00 sterling!
Our hostel is a bit crummy but its cheap and its located in the downtown area of Amman which is central, we are using Amman as our base for visiting the Dead Sea, as theres not much really to visit here. We hope to take a bus to the Dead Sea tommorow! Which I cant wait for, hopefully it will do a lot of good for my skin and clear it up, and I can buy some mineral products to use whilst we are travelling.
Amman/Jordan in general seems to be much more Western and modern than Syria is a funny kind of way, because its still a big dirty city!!
So, Syria, well Syria was a MAJOR culture shock to both of us, they speak a bit of English but not much, so sometimes it was really hard to get by, Damascus was a pretty city, Palmyra was amazing set in the desert and the Crac Des Chevaliers was also beautiful as its not ruins as you would expect for a castle that age, its all still intact. Both of us being sick really diddnt help us enjoy Syria, and we did miss some attractions there, but we saw enough. All we have eaten for nearly 5 weeks now is Kebab this, kebab that! And to be honest it gets a bit monotomus (sp??!), Dad (Alis) writing about fry ups, steak and chips and Corned Beef Hash doesnt help!!! Hahaha!!
Syria was a great place though, the people were so nice and welcoming, everyone wanted to practise their English on us, and even in a big city like Aleppo, kids would shout hello and welcome to you.....so wouldnt ever happen at home!
My foot is better, Matt loved the desert ruins at Palmyra, he was there exploring for over an hour first thing in the morning and was the only one there, so had the site to himself!
The next week is going to be really exciting, as we said tommorow we are visiting the Dead Sea, and then Saturday or Sunday we shall travel further south and visit Petra, after that we shall be in Wadi Rum for Tuesday where we have arranged for 2 local Bedouin guides for 2 days, the first day we shall travel through the desert on a 4x4 jeep and visit the canyons, and our second day we shall travel by Camel!!! We shall have a camel each....cool or what!! We will be eating with the Bedouins in the desert and sleeping in one of their tents for the night, before making our way to Aqaba to organise the ferry journey to Egypt! Phew!!!
If anyone wants to send us some Cadburys chocolate, steak and chips, KFC or anything like that it would be much appreciated!!!!!
|
|
If you like this entry, search for other entries from Jordan or try a new search. |
| |
Back to Entry - Back to Home
|
27 votes 
This is a top pick!
