Jordan

We left Egypt on Saturday on the slow ferry at just after 15:30 slightly late mainly as it had to wait for us to complete the paperwork for departure. It is somewhat ironic on our last day in Egypt to see Egyptians actually rushing around exasperated, hurrying us up, but at least they now know how we've felt for the last 5 weeks. The ferry was great, an old one which we had to reverse onto, but well organized with plenty of places To sit and a cafe too. We'd read horror stories about this ferry but we've certainly been on much worse. Take some food, a drink a book and your camera and sit back and enjoy the mini cruise. Even getting our ticket was simple, turn up at around 10am hand oven your carnet and passports and 15 minutes later walk away with your tickets. Easy.

Arriving in Jordan was less complicated than most of our crossings so far. We didn't need a fixer and the authorities were helpful too though the insurance and taxes set us back another £150 for the month.

We found a campsite - the Bedouin Garden Village - a few kms north of Saudi. Rough Guide says its about as Bedouin as a bikini but it is very nice and overlooks the sea too. In fact we were spoiled for choice here as there are 3 campsites all next door to each other.

The next day we headed into Aqaba to get some Epoxy resin to hopefully finally fix the diesel leak, which has lessened greatly since Quintens fix in Luxor. In fact after cleaning it all up I found there was still a small hole at the edge of the plate we used to seal the hole and I'm very hopeful this is now fixed.

The journey to get the epoxy was by taxi and when we arrived at the industrial estate Jon hopped out and went into a shop to buy the bits. Linda was left in the taxi and the driver asked her if she was a good f@@k. This to add to being called a whore in Tunisia doesn't leave you with the best impression of Arab men. Never fear though it will take more than this to put us off coming back or enjoying ourselves!

The picture is of Aqaba and the largest free standing flag pole in the world - surprisingly not in the USA - and in the distance is Israel. To the right of the picture (out of view) is Egypt and if we look left we can see Saudi Arabia.
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