At last, Peder and I were in Jordan and on our way to Petra, one of the highest items on both of our “must-see” lists. Now we just had to figure out how to get there from the border.
Because of our strict time limitations, city buses didn’t seem to be an option. We started by trying to convince one of the organized tour buses in the parking lot to allow us to hitch a ride, but a mess of passport control for the droves of tourists looked like that would take longer than it would be worth.
Taxi it is.
We hopped in and started off, realizing somewhere along the way that a much more efficient route would be to travel first to Wadi Rum, continuing to Petra that afternoon or the following morning. Wadi Rum is apparently one of Jordan’s other must-see destinations, holding “some of the most extraordinary desert scenery you’ll ever see.” It’s the area made famous by the Arab Revolt and TE Lawrence in the early 20th century, as well as the film Lawrence of Arabia (which I’ve yet to actually watch).
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