From Petra to Amman

Today at Petra, it was much colder and foggy, so we were very thankful for yesterday's great weather!

We had to return the rental car by 10:30 AM, and it's a 3 hour drive via the main highway, so we got an early start. The drive was a lot less scenic from the highway. We didn't get to see much of anything except open desert, petrol stations, big trucks, and some police checkpoints.

Speaking of the police, in true Sean style, he got a speeding ticket. The officer literally flagged us down, and he said we were going too fast. Here's a photo of the ticket:

Obviously, its in Arabic, so we can't even read it, and we have no idea how to pay it... we doubt the Jordanian police are going to put out a warrant for his arrest or extradite him, so it will just be another souvenir from Jordan!

We returned the car at the airport, and hopped in a taxi into Amman. We did pass an IKEA store along the way!

We arrived at the Sheraton Amman around noon. We don't usually stay in 4-star hotels, but this hotel is special for Sean: he stayed here several times in 2004 when he was a contractor in Iraq! 

Our room wasn't ready yet, so we explored the hotel and enjoyed some vanilla chai tea. Once our room was ready, we were happy to see that we have a small balcony with a gorgeous view of Amman!

We spent the afternoon relaxing, taking a nap, and catching up on watching The Walking Dead.

At dinner, we ventured out of the hotel in search of local food and a shisha for Sean. A few blocks down the street, we found a nice local place!

We both had lamb chops for dinner, along with fresh juices. It was very good!

We are both running low on clean socks, and the Sheraton wanted 2 JD (about $4.50 US) to wash a single pair of socks, so we were planning on doing some wash in our sink this evening. On the walk back from dinner, Sean spotted a local laundry. They will do a large bag of laundry for 10 JD! So, we will take care of that in the morning. 

The weather here tomorrow is going to be cold and rainy, so we are most likely going to visit The Jordan Museum instead of walking around the markets downtown. Fortunately, I was able to move our tour back a day due to the weather.