Wadi Rum
Something i’d been looking forward to was this place called Wadi Rum…no idea why but Julie knows as its in the Lonely Planet. This is a very large deset area with some great rocks in the middle. You can see…
Petrafied How Much
You’ve got to be kidding……its 60jod to get in,,,,EACH !!!! that for the uneducated is £50 ish….admittedly the ticket is for 3 days but the one day ticket is 50jod so not much cheaper. you just have to pay it…
Cruising Karak By Land Rover
Poor little Matilda has never seen such hills than the ones on Jordan. I nearly had to go into low ratio to get up to the castle car park. This isn’t helped byt the fact they pull out on you…
Amman A Woman And A Salty Drink
We stayed in Amman another day to get Matilda an eye operation. She now has left hand drive lights. They are soooo much better and will be much safer on the African roads. These were tested to the extreme as…
Air Jordan
The air quality in Amman in terrible so we are going back for antoher try. Upon arrival in Jordan we went to Jerash into a hotel which the Dutch team paid for (a thank you for the help, very nice).…
Syrian Passing
Finally through Syria, where i couldn’t post to the blog. The Dutch team had a timing belt failure and this caused quite a bit of damage. I diagnosed them on the road just outside Homms. Not the best place in…
Cool
Actually Sub Zero….This place was freezing last night. Heater was on all night making it too hot. This is a gem of a place (Goreme, wikipedia) and i bet its really busy in summer. There’s some stunning views, some off…
Party On Garth Waynes World Ref For The Uneducated
The party is complete, we’ve met the other two travellers and are now jointly travelling the rest of the way through Syria. Thats if they let us in !We have also contacted a “fixer” (travel agent) in Damascus to see…
Ankara Anchorer Ankaaara Who Knows
Firstly i’d like to assure everyone our diet of purely Mcdonalds is entirely untrue. We have only eaten two breakfasts and two hamburgers in the whole trip. We are using them as Wi-Fi hotspots only. We’ve had fishfingers, Chilli, Beans…
End Of Europe And Into Asia
I had my charred meat for Dinner in the form of a Kebab (of course) and we’ve even posted a picture for you. Go check them out. We had another fun time parking and they really should try harder when…
When Is A Bird Not A Bird When Its A Country
we’re in Turkey. Took 2 hours to get through the border on a little back road that happens to be the main route in from Bulgaria. Lots of windows and lots of passport showing and stamps. Insurance, Police, Vehicle and…
One Less
traveller is with us across Syria. UKtoSA have pulled out and are using RoRo across the med. We might not yet get through ourselfs. We are still meeting another couple on the 13th. We shall see what happens. Sources inside…
Constanta Parking Issues Although We’re In Varna
We’ve left Constanta where we stayed in our first campsite. Not the best one in the world but contary to a well informed source the price wasn’t 70 whatsits it was 35 whatsits so thats about £7 for a hot…
Transfraggin Something Pass Closed But We Knew That
The whatsit pass named above is closed from the 1st of november even though its easily passable on an electric disabled motor scooter. No idea why they close it every year even if they’ve had no snow. Thats Romania. There’s…
New Photos In The Photos Section Where Else
Just a few more photos in the section. Off to stay in a campsite in the hope they have 1)HOT showers 2)Laundry. For 70 ROM it should have…thats £15 !!!Map plot tomorrow morning of where in the world we are…..I…
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