JORDAN 6th March - 16th March AQABA I liked Aqaba immediately, mainly because its clean and prosperous streets were full of clean and prosperous people driving clean and prosperous Mercedes, so if I was doomed to end up as a Middle Eastern road statistic I’d at least go out in style. It was unlikely to happen here though, because – and while there were a few unpleasant surprises awaiting us in Jordan, this was one of the pleasant ones – Jordanians in general observe the road rules in a most un-Arab way. Apart from dawdling sheep the most dangerous hazard on the road actually turned out to be me, but I get ahead of myself. We took a taxi from Aqaba port into the town centre where we parted ways with Micha, Lea and our Japanese friend who went off in search cheap digs. We were in the market for something a bit more luxurcous and soon found an excellent mid-range hotel right in the heart of town. For the hard-bargained sum of A$26 we scored a spotlessly clean top floor ...
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