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 ]
