There was quite a lot of ground to cover as we first moved northwards towards the Golan heights to visit Nimrod fortress before going the to Banias National Park for some nature walks and to see the waterfall. Checked out…
Jordan and Israel 2012 Day 9 – Crossing at King Hussein Bridge and Tiberias
It was the end of the Jordan leg of the trip and onto a new country that would be equally exciting. This country being a birth center of 3 major religions and its modern day political controversies definitely had us…
Jordan 2012 Day 8 – Desert of Wadi Rum
On this day, we ventured southwards from the beautiful Petra towards the famous desert Wadi Rum. After 2hrs of drive, we arrived at the carpark of the Wadi Rum visitor’s center and proceeded to the center. From there, since we…
Jordan 2012 Day 7 – Petra all day
Figured that Petra was worth spending another day, and we knew we were right when we visited on the first day. The place was huge, when we considered the other not so well known parts of the Petra complex and…
Jordan 2012 Day 6 – Karak Castle, Shobak Castle and Petra
One of the biggest highlight for the trip was the visit to one of the seven wonders of the modern world. From the dead sea, we travelled south, visiting some of the crusaders castles along the way. The first one…
Jordan Day 5 2012 – Memorial of Moses, Bethany beyond the Jordan and the Dead Sea
Morning we returned to Mt. Nebo after checking out of the hotel. Our first attraction for the day was Memorial of Moses. Didn’t spend much time there since there weren’t a lot to see due to the renovation. After admiration…
Jordan Day 4 2012 – Citadel, Madaba and Mt. Nebo
Taking a cab to return to our room in Jordan Tower Hotel, the activities for today would be to visit the various attractions within the city of Amman before moving on to another town. One of the reasons the choice of…
Jordan Day 3 2012 – Dessert Castles, Jerash and Aljoun Castle
The day was planned for a full day exploration of sites away from Amman. It started with a simple breakfast at the hotel. Had some time and so we went to the roof for a panoramic view of Amman city.…
Flight to Doha and Amman Day 1 & 2 2012 – Souq Waqif & Amman City
Blogging retrospectively, a trip that happened 2 years ago before writing this post. Much has been lost in the sands of time. Our long trip for the year to the exotic (at least in my opinion, from tiny Singapore) destination…
Escape plan to Doha, Jordan and Israel April 2012
A brief summary on the itinerary Escape Plan to Doha, Jordan and Israel 2012: Total duration 16D17NSingapore is 5hrs ahead of Doha,Jordan and Israel.Flight time is 7,5hrs direct flight on Qatar Airways from Singapore to Doha.Night flight on 20th April and arrival…