Jordan pre-amble
With just a week to go until our next travel adventure I’m not exactly feeling the excitement. While Egypt and Jordan are probably on many people’s bucket lists, I can’t muster the enthusiasm that perhaps I should. I think possibly the main reason is because the trip is an organized tour planned by other people, whereas most of our previous trips have been planned by myself. So we are on a regimented timeline almost every step of the way, which is not usually how I do things. A little spontaneity is always nice, and not having to get up at 5 o’clock in the morning to catch a bus or train is even nicer. I’m sure once we hit the road my opinion will change and I’ll get motivated or die trying! This will be our first trip to the Middle East and probably not our last. Looking at the 14 day forecasts for Amman and Cairo we’ll be more concerned about cold than heat, as night time temperatures will be as low as 3 degrees C, and daytime temps in Cairo no higher th...