It takes almost 2 hours to cross the border into Jordan. It is obvious that security is more of an issue here - men with machine guns track the bus as we go through the 4th round of security.
The first thing we notice is the loads of garbage at the sides of the roads - there are garbage tins on wheels in front of the houses but these seem to be full; perhaps they do not have weekly garbage collection!
Stoplights are few and far between - and stop signs, when there is one, seem to be a suggestion; not the law. It is also unusual to see lane lines on the road so people seem to weave in and out and in the middle at their whim.
Just today our bus went through two stoplights and a truck that passed us just missed hitting a pedestrian - on the highway!
80% of Jordan is desert and the rest just patches of green mostly along the Jordan River. We see lots of camels (two humps)and dromedaries (one hump). Camels and dromedaries can go 2 weeks without water and then the consume it so fast that if a human drank that fast it would kill them!
We had no internet service last night so this is my post for Thursday!
We visit a craft shop in a cave and the garage is also a cave!
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