The ferry ride across the Red Sea to Aqaba in Jordan was pretty uneventful, especially since there’d been a ferry that sank doing the same crossing a few weeks beforehand. I’m starting to think our transport is a bit jinxed!
Aqaba is a bit of a blur to me. We only stayed one night, and I spent most of my time trying to find out what was happening politically – the Australian consulate in Amman had closed due to terrorism threats and the Australian DFAT warning had gone up to “Reconsider your need to travel”. I was pretty freaked out by this, and was trying to contact home to see whether the tour would continue.
Things calmed down pretty quickly, but it definitely put a damper on my first few days in Jordan!
Two Weeks Away 