Jordan

Its been a while, but we have finally found time to write about our short visit to Jordan - which was a fitting finale to this part of our trip ... We spent the first couple of days near the famous ruins of Petra, but it was only on the second day that we actually ventured out to visit the site. This was Rory's 'fault' as he was still laid low by the bug which he picked up in Turkey! However it was worth the wait and we will let the pictures do the talking!

Next up was the Dead sea and the lowest point on the earth at 410m below sea level. This place was fun and the high salt content of the water (something like 30%), meant that it was impossible to sink! It also means that no life can survive in it and you don't wan't to get any of the water in your mouth or your eyes!Rory was still sick at this point and so we finally call Dr. Jones, who prescribed some antibiotics that Amy had stashed away, which did the trick!

On our final evening we visited what is believed to be the site were Jesus was baptised by John the Baptist (see Matthew 3: 13-17 and Mark 1:9-11). This was slightly surreal as it is on the river Jordan which acts as the border between Jordan and Israel, hence you get escorted to the site by armed guards!

Overall, we really enjoyed Jordan and we were sad that we did not have more time to visit some of its other famaous sites, however, London and the Rugby World Cup was calling ...