Arriving mid afternoon in Granada was not very encouraging. The weather was lousy, drizzling rain, cold and generally uninviting for tourist type activities. Not to be discourage, after checking in to our hotel and and feeling a little peckish we headed off. Once again we had done well with our hotel booking and found ourselves not far from the old … Continue reading – Photos and more
After arriving “home” in Dubai we spent 2 days with the family then headed off for Spain at 7:40 in the morning of the 26th February. We arrived in Barcelona around midday. Interestingly, most international airports that you arrive at in the world you are normally confronted with a number of money exchange options plus ATM to get some local cash. … Continue reading – Photos and more
Mallee Sunset
Our ever reliable and smiling driver, Hamza picked us after we checked out from our Dead Sea Spa hotel. We had originally thought that we would be visiting Jarash during the day and that in the evening Hamza would drop us off at the airport for a 12:10 am flight to Dubai. However, as per my last post, we woke … Continue reading – Photos and more
Hamza picked us up in his Nissan Sunny taxi (after having driven early in the morning from Amman – 3.5 hours) in Petra around 8:30, a reasonably early start as it is a long drive of about 3.5 hours to Wadi Rum. We were about 500 metres down the road from our hotel, excited about the next stage of our … Continue reading – Photos and more