0 km For the first time on the trip I spend the whole day on the beach. Quickly got to know the other travellers at the camp. The staff at the restaurant explained that the winter had come very suddenly this year. With temperatures between 18 and 25 degrees throughout the day the word winter [ Read More ]
Distance: 18.37 km Ridetime: 0:48:07 Average: 22.9 km/h Total distance: 4002 km On the short 20 km ride from Aqaba to the ferry terminal for Egypt I passed the 4000 km mark. In a way it feels like I left Copenhagen yesterday. On the other hand I already have so many great memories from the [ Read More ]
0 km I had planned a visit to Petra, the old ruins being the star attraction of Jordan. What I learned when I got there was that the official price of the entrance ticket had skyrocket from 15 to 50 euro since my guide book had been published. In principle I don’t think it is [ Read More ]
Distance: 20.43 km Ridetime: 0:39:35 Average: 31.1 km/h Total distance: 3984 km Riding the last 20 km from the desert into Aqaba marked another important milestone of the trip. I have now reached the Red Sea which means a whole different climate compared to the inland desert. While the temperature in Amman can get close [ Read More ]
0 km With the frequent flat tires I will have to look for new inner tubes before I’m comfortable riding into the desert again. Today being Friday, the arabic holiday, all shops in the city were closed. I will have to look again tomorrow. Instead I walked over to the western and modern part of [ Read More ]
Distance: 17.26 km Ridetime: 0:49:18 Average: 21.0 km/h Total distance: 3964 km On the 20 km ride from the suburbs of Amman into the city center I had another flat tire. Unfortunately they are getting too frequent these days. I’m looking forward to receive a set of new tires and tubes for Christmas. Amman didn’t [ Read More ]
Distance: 170.53! km Ridetime: 7:12:48 Average: 23.6 km/h Total distance: 3947 km Syrians are not early risers in the morning, so leaving the hotel at 7 o’clock I pretty much had the streets for myself. With the snow still visible on the surrounding hills of Damascus I left the city I had really started to [ Read More ]
0 km With the sun back and temperatures climbing to the more normal 10-15 degrees it was time to think about getting back on the bike. First however, I had set up a meeting with Omar from the local radio community in Damascus. We spent the morning visiting the club station there. After four days [ Read More ]
0 km The snow from yesterday had changed to serious rain today making the big sight seeing program less attractive. The morning was spend in the fantastic (covered) courtyard of my 16th century hotel. An interesting place for some language observations. The other Arabic guests, I would guess from Egypt, are communicating with the hotel [ Read More ]
0 km During breakfast at the hotel somebody started to talk about snow. First I was not sure if it was true, but sure enough, the snow was falling beautifully over Damascus.
