Leaving Petra we headed south to the desert and a night at Wadi Rum. We were well back from the western ridge that defined the transition into the Rift Valley so...
Visiting Petra was one of the two reasons I had Jordan on my “must visit” list and I was looking forward to today. We arrived the previous evening in time to...
Jordan has a rich history spanning millennia including home to much of the events that are reported in the Old Testament, something I had not realized until visiting. Our stop in...
While based in Amman we took a day trip north of the city to visit Jerash, the site of a former Roman colony. Surprisingly the site is not a UNESCO World...
Amman, the largest city in the country and home to slightly less than half of the population, is spread out over a series of steep hills which effectively hide the size...
I decided to book a tour to Jordan rather than travel independently to make it easier to get around the country. My desire to go to Jordan centered around two things–...