Amman

Jon spent 4 hours lying under Taffy cleaning up the tanks and then sealing the splits. Initially it seems to have cured the split tank completely, but the original leak is still dripping, not as badly thankfully. Now we are in Amman we've got another few tubes of Epoxy and will have another go at sealing this.

Amman has a more modern feel to it and is a bustling newish place teaming with people and shops set on 7 steep hills. Naturally we arrived at the city centre at rush hour on Thursday evening - the busiest day of all and wound our way to the camp site at the Theodore Scneller School through a hectic city centre.

There's not much to see here, most other tourists we've met said you need half a day which is about right. The Roman temple on the Hill dominating the city is mainly in ruin but would have been very impressive once and the Amphitheater and Odeon in the valley below are largely complete and still used today.

Shopping wise Amman is great with hundreds of shops and market stalls all noisily hawking their wares. We spent a few hours wandering around getting a few things before heading off to the tranquility of a western style supermarket to restock on things we find hard to get here like fresh milk, strong cheddar and a loaf of bread!

We're having a day off today catching up on jobs (we broke the step again which Jon intends to fix) before we move onto Jerash and then Syria.
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