Petra Beyond the Treasury: A Hike to the High Place of Sacrifice
Its not often that you see birds flying from above. As a species usually firmly pinned to terra firma, the thought of joining animals blessed with the gift of flight…
The Reality of Aqaba: Beauty, Tourism and the Shadow of Conflict
I knew that I was reliant on technology as soon as it was taken away from me. A serial Google Maps user, I was used to immediately knowing where I…
Crossing the Canyon: Life in Jordan’s Jerash
Tourism changes places. Whether you’re talking about the recent backlash against the endless hordes which descend on the Spanish coastline each year or the steady evolution of Vietnam from war-torn…
Exploring Wadi Rum: Desert Adventures and Night Skies
The stars were the reason why I travelled to the Wadi Rum Desert in Jordan. The pristine skies, devoid of light pollution, aside from the occasional plane flying across the…
Stillness Below The Storm: Diving in Jordan’s Red Sea
I have often been told that we know more about the surface of the Moon than the depths of Earth’s oceans. For me, this is a great, unexplored frontier completely…
Petra: The World’s Empty Wonder
I’m not here to lecture you on Petra. I wouldn’t insult the intelligence of readers of this blog to the extent that I would make the assumption that they were…
An Evening in Downtown Amman
All around me the pulsating streets of downtown Amman were thronged with people going about their lives. The evening had brought a slew of neon, pushy street sellers and some…
Into The Elsewhere 