Up at stupid o'clock (5.00am) to get to the bus for 6.15am. Arrived to find that although we'd booked Petra tickets, they'd given us tickets to Aqaba. 1JD price difference paid, and we were off.
4 1/2 hours later we arrived in Petra. We thought the best thing to do would be to collect the tickets for the journey back, but there's no bus ticket office in Petra, you just get on the bus and pay the driver.
Since the bus came in at the entrance to the Petra ruins, we checked out the entry prices. 50JD for 1 day, 55JD for two, or 60JD for three. Seriously, £50 for one day!! Obviously, we'll be paying the extra 5JD and go in for two days.
Next stop the hotel. Really nice. It's got a rooftop pool, so up we went, to discover it's an UNHEATED rooftop pool! I knew it was seriously cold when Karen said it was too cold to go in! No chance of the sun heating the water, as there's an awning shading the pool and the patio area round it.
After a wee sleep that turned out to be not so wee, we headed off to find El Arabia, a place to eat that had rave reviews on Trip Advisor, and as it turned out, rightly so. The food is superb and the portions are huge. I can't remember the last time I had a meal for a fiver that was so large I couldn't finish it.
So, back uphill to the hotel to get things ready for an early start. The site opens at 6.00am, but we'll catch breakfast first and then head down about 7.00am.
One note on the town of Petra, it's really quiet, which I wasn't expecting, and is generally quite expensive. Affordable, but not cheap. After the chaos of Amman, it seems positively deserted.
4 1/2 hours later we arrived in Petra. We thought the best thing to do would be to collect the tickets for the journey back, but there's no bus ticket office in Petra, you just get on the bus and pay the driver.
Since the bus came in at the entrance to the Petra ruins, we checked out the entry prices. 50JD for 1 day, 55JD for two, or 60JD for three. Seriously, £50 for one day!! Obviously, we'll be paying the extra 5JD and go in for two days.
Next stop the hotel. Really nice. It's got a rooftop pool, so up we went, to discover it's an UNHEATED rooftop pool! I knew it was seriously cold when Karen said it was too cold to go in! No chance of the sun heating the water, as there's an awning shading the pool and the patio area round it.
After a wee sleep that turned out to be not so wee, we headed off to find El Arabia, a place to eat that had rave reviews on Trip Advisor, and as it turned out, rightly so. The food is superb and the portions are huge. I can't remember the last time I had a meal for a fiver that was so large I couldn't finish it.
So, back uphill to the hotel to get things ready for an early start. The site opens at 6.00am, but we'll catch breakfast first and then head down about 7.00am.
One note on the town of Petra, it's really quiet, which I wasn't expecting, and is generally quite expensive. Affordable, but not cheap. After the chaos of Amman, it seems positively deserted.
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