Jordan Trip 27 May - 31 May 2010

We have been planning to go holiday together with another couple since what..3-4 years ago, but there's always an obstacle that prevent us from doing so. Either my holiday wasn't approved on time, or Kalle had to be somewhere for work, or they already had another plan..nothing came our way.
This time since they are moving to Denmark after almost 7 years in the country, we are running out of time. So, to still fulfill what we've promised, we went to Jordan for 5 days. Sometimes you just take things for granted, didn't realize what you have and appreciate it until you know that you going to lose it. Human nature.

We rent a 4x4 once we arrived at Queen Alia International Airport, met by the car rental agent holding placard with our name written on it. Typical Arab thing, we got our car Chevy Trailblazer a.k.a Chevy Shitbox :P ~ and the A/C doesn't work. We drove straight to the north to a place called Jerash and start our adventure. It was hot! I could hardly walk at the Roman ruins. The boys continue and taking pictures while the girls just chill and waiting in an air-conditioned restaurant having cold drinks.

During the holiday we went to Dead Sea, Mount Nebo, Karak (where we got fleeced by a big fat bastard who bloody cheat on our meal..he was super friendly, talking non stop, doesn't have a menu, we obliged to go his restaurant anyway because he sort of vacate a parking so we can park our car at Karak Castle), and the highlight of the trip was Petra, the ancient city somewhat 2200 years ago. Still standing and it was amazing! Although I could only walk up to Qasr Al Bint where the rest of the gang climb up 800 steps to the Monastery(where they filmed Transformers 2). Another waiting day for me..so I ordered sweet mint tea while waiting (again). We spent the last day around Amman, nothing special. I was dead tired to walk anymore on that last day. Start feeling moody but try my best to be a team player. Afterall, it was our last day anyway.

See pictures here