Jordan part 4: Visiting Petra The capital of the Nabatean kingdom and one of the Seven Wonders of the World

Jordan part 4: Visiting Petra The capital of the Nabatean kingdom and one of the Seven Wonders of the World

Petra is the main attraction of Jordan, and deservedly so. It is quite spectacular. If you don’t know what Petra is, you may have seen it anyway, it has been used as a filming location in a couple of movies, most famously the building known as the Treasury is used as the last resting place…

Jordan part 3: Visiting religious sites – going to The Madeba Map, Mount Nebo, The Batism site of Jesus Christ and the Dead sea

Jordan part 3: Visiting religious sites – going to The Madeba Map, Mount Nebo, The Batism site of Jesus Christ and the Dead sea

My third day in Jordan was spent visiting religious sites. This part of Jordan I had actually planned to skip as I had no idea how to get to these sites without a car, but on the day of my arrival I found out that my hotel could arrange a driver for me to take…

Jordan part 2: Exploring Amman: Going to The Roman Theatre, a mosque and The Boulevard

Jordan part 2: Exploring Amman: Going to The Roman Theatre, a mosque and The Boulevard

After a healthy breakfast of water, orange juice and nothing else (I have some trouble working up an appetite when it’s hot) I went out to explore Amman. I knew that the old Roman Theatre was quite close by the hotel, so I decided to start out by going to see that, I had decided…