JORDAN

                                                           JORDAN   Visit

03 Jan Sun Day.  Dep Cairo  by Flt 502 at 1100 Arr Amman at 1215  1hr 15 min

Upon arrival was met & assisted by rep of Travel agency. Went to visit Jesarsh City.
Jerash is considered the best preserved and most complete city of the Decapolis, a confederation of ten Roman cities dating from the 1st Century B.C. It is old ruins of Roman empire.The triple arched gateway was built to honour the emperor Hadrian's arrival at Jerash in A.D. 129. You can see the famous Chariot race of Romans enacted by locals. It is 1hr20 min drive from Airport.

Later check In at  Hotel.Amman Days Inn Hotel and Suites , Al Rabyeh OmarBin Abdulaziz St Amman, 11195    Phone:, 962-6551-9011.

4 Jan Mon Day. After breakfast went for a full day tour visiting Amman Museum, it houses very old items like painting of 4500 BC. It is on one of the five mountain tops of city of Amman.

4500 BC Painting

Amman City

There after drove to Madaba Town 30 km south of Amman. Madaba is home to the famous 6^th century Mosaic Map of Jerusalem and the Holy Land. With two million pieces of vividly coloured local stone, it depicts hills and valleys, villages and towns as far as the Nile Delta.Then saw the Mount Nebo, one of the most revered holy sites of Jordan and the place where Moses was buried. A small Byzantine church was built there by early Christians.  

6Th Century Mosic Map

Stone Mosic making

Mount Nebo

Mount Nebo

Dead Sea

Floating  in Dead Sea

Then drove to Dead Sea , The surface and shores of the Dead Sea are 423 metres (1,388 ft) below sea level, making it Earth’s lowest elevation on land.The Dead Sea is roughly 8.6 times saltier than the ocean. This salinity makes for a harsh environment in which animals cannot flourish (hence its name)The Dead Sea’s unusually high salt concentration means that people can easily float in the Dead Sea due to natural buoyancy.Must float in it. Pay 12 Dinars and you get a locker for your clothes, a towel and excess to shower are.There after we drove to Petra by Kings Highway for overnight . Most of tour operators avoid this very scenic road drive along Black Sea and the Valley.Insist on going on this road. stay at Petra Panorama Hotel   Queen Rania street - Wadi Mousa - P.O.Box 941718 Phone:  +962-3-2157393

5 Jan Tue Day. Today we visited the Wonder  of The world " the Red Rose City - Petra".
you actually need minimum 2 days to see it all.With one day you can see all the main attractions.
Petra was rediscovered in 1812 by the Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. After spending several years learning Arabic and studying the tenets of Islam, Burckhardt, who passed himself off as a Muslim from India,got into Petra as a Muslim and later told the world about Petra. 
Petra means "rock" in Greek, fitting for a town literally carved out of 
sandstone desert cliffs. It is located about three hours south of Amman, and was founded by a nomadic Arab tribe known as  the
Nebataens several centuries before Christ's birth. The Nabataeans were renowned for their great skills in trade, agriculture, engineering, and architectural stone-carving.The approach through a km long, cool, and gloom chasm called Siq, a long narrow gorge whose steeply rising sides all but obliterate the sun, provides a dramatic contrast with the magic to come. Suddenly the gorge opens into a natural square dominated by Petra's most famous monument, The Treasury, whose intricately carved facade glows in the dazzling sun, is in fact burial ground for Kings.

 

At The Entrance

           

  

The Siq 

One of Rocks

Treasury

Open Theatre 

Rose Rocks 

The Monastery

6 Jan Wed Day . Today after breakfast we drove to sea port of Aqaba. Takes about 1 hour on a speed way. You can see the clear waters of the sea. It is also the place for tourists to go to Israel or vice versa. The Israeli city of Eilat is sister city of Aqba, both cities are almost to gather.  

There after we drove for about 3 hours to Amman airport.
The Royal Jordanian air flts are the best for this trip as their timings are comfortable.

View From Road going to Aqba

The Waters of Aqba  

At Aqba Port

 

Eilat City in Israel

Return Flt RJ 192   Dep Amman 2015 ( Flt Time5 hr15 min ) 
7 Jan 2010 arrival  Delhi 0500     






COST FACTOR

Cost of air tkts                      Rs 35000 *2=70,000

Cost of Egypt portion                  $ 915*2=1830 $

Cost of sound n light Giza            $  40*2=80$

Cost of Jordan portion                 $ 585*2=1170$ 

Food & water 224 EPounds

Jordan            62 Dinar   

G Total                       Rs 2,21,309

EGYPT

My Egypt Tour Dec 2009

24 Dec Thur Day Flt RJ 193 Dep Delhi at 0620.  Arr 0915 Amman  flt time 6hr 20 Min.

Halted at Amman for 4 h. DepAmman by Flt RJ 503 at 1315 , Arr 1445 Cairo  flt time1 Hr 30 Min.

Amarante Hotel

Stayed at Amarante Pyramids Cairo, Villa Youssef Wakby 29 Abou Hazem Street Giza Cairo  Ph 37 81 22 11.

Memphis

25 Dec Fri Day After breakfast, it’s 
time to enjoy our sightseeing journey.

Memphis

Morning we started by visiting Memphis, Later visited pyramid of Sakkra. This is a graded step stone pyramid with long alleys.

Sakkara

Visited one of the seven wonders of the world ie the Pyramids of Giza

Pyramids of Giza

and the Great Sphinx which are one of the most famous monuments in the whole world. Lunch at restaurant overlooking the Pyramids.

Great Sphinx

In the evening saw light and sound show at Great Sphinx.

Hanging Church

26 Dec Sat Day Cairo.   Morning visited the Egyptian Museum where we saw the greatest Collections of Egyptian antiquities in the world and the Home of King TUTU's treasures.King Tutu's head is of 11 kg of solid Gold.   

King Tutu Golden Head

Lunch at restaurant over looking the Nile . Visit the historical old Cairo , The hanging church,and Ben Azer Synagogue.and

                                                             Khan El-Khalili (bazaar).

Later had a transfer to the train station for an overnight  SLEEPER  train to Aswan .The food in Sleeper train is real bad. You must carry your Dinner.

27 Dec Sun Day Train came in late by 4 hours at 13.00 at Aswan City.Checked in at Isis Corniche Hotel. Later went to local bazzar and bought saffron after bargaining a lot.

Our Hotel at Aswan

Also had a boat ride in Nile river.

Nile Boat Ride

28 Dec Mon Early morning at 5.00 Am went for  Excursion to Abu Simbel . Drove in convey of vehicles with escort at 120 kmph for 2.5 hours to reach. 

Abu Simble

on return boarded the NILE RUBY cruise ship. From ship went with guide for an amazing tour to see the High Dam, the Granite Quarries and the Temple of Philae. Dinner and overnight on ship.

Lake Nasser

Temple of Philae

29 Dec Tue Day Cruise .Sailed to Kom Ombo to visit Temple shared by two gods Sobek and Haeroris in Kom Ombo.Had lunch on board then sail to Edfu.

Kom Ombo

Edfu

30 Dec Wed Day Early morning visit Hours temple in Edfu. Have tea Afternoon during sailing to Esna. Dinner on board and overnight in Esna on your Nile Cruise Ship.Sail to Luxor with lunch on board the vessel then you will be accompanied for a wonderful tour to visit East Bank of the Nile in Luxor to the Karnak and Luxor temples. You will be transferred back to the Nile cruise ship for afternoon tea and dinner on board with overnight aboard the Nile cruise vessel in Luxor.

31 Dec Thur Day Disembarkation after breakfast, paid a visit to the West Bank of the River Nile in Luxor to the Valley of the Kings,where you can see how decorative Tombs of the Kings are

Temple of Queen Hatshepsut

Colossi Memnon

Temple of Karnak

Temple of Karnak

Luxar Temple

Later saw  the temple of Queen Hatshepsut at El Deir EL Bahari and the Colossi Memnon , Luxar Temple and Temple of Karnak. Later were transferred to Luxor train station for departure  for an over night trip on board the first class sleeper train to Alexandria. 

Pompay's Pillar

1 Jan Fri Day Visited Alexandria Catacombs, Pompeys Pillar and Lunch at restaurant over looking the beautiful shore of Alexandria . Later in afternoon visited Montazah palace ( only from outside, Entrance not allowed) and Stay at Mediterranean Azur Hotel CORNEISH ROAD ROSHDY, Alexandria Ph 27352461/29/27.(B,L)

Catacombs

Montazah Palace

Azur Hotel

Citadel Alexandria

2 Jan Sat Day. Breakfast at the hotel  Visited Quaytbey Citadel & Greco-Roman Museum. This 21 rooms museum contain about 40,000 valuable relics dating from as early as the 3rd century B.C Lunch at a Seafood restaurant over looking the eastern port Transfer to Cairo By an A/C car.
Night stay in Cairo Hotel.

3 Jan Sun Day.  Dep from Cairo  by Flt 502 at 1100 Arr Aman at 1215  

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