Saturday, September 3, 2011

The next adventure for 2011: Jordan + India

Jordan India

Yep that’s right, Jordan AND India. I think the toxins from the spiders I ate in Cambodia were still in my brain when I booked this one :) I’ve always wanted to check out Jordan so that I can pretend to be Indiana Jones looking for the holy grail(oh and Transformers 2 was filmed there) but the India part was more of an after thought. As my tour in Jordan isn't that long I thought it’d be a waste to fly so far from home only for a couple of weeks.

The tour company I’ve always used (Gap) helped suggest a couple of options for trips starting soon after I was to finish in Jordan. It was either between Morocco or India. I had no real preference so it came down to whether I could line up flights at the right time. Maybe next time Morocco lol
As for flights, I'm flying with Emirates for all the flights (6). Their website is awesome for configuring multi-stop trips and was pretty cheap considering the randomness of this trip. The flight itinery goes like this: Perth - Dubai - Amman Jordan - Dubai - Delhi India - Dubai - Perth. I’ll be an expert on Dubai airport by the end!

jordanmap  indiamap

Expected highlights? Petra in Jordan and of course the Taj Mahal in India. That’ll take my wonders of the world tally to 3 (The pyramids in Egypt is the other). I'm almost as travelled as Karl Pilkington! Also swimming in the Dead Sea should be pretty cool as well as snorkeling in Aqaba. I'm thinking of taking my waterproof GoPro video camera to get some in-water shots. Camping out in the desert with the bedouins will also be fun. I almost forgot one of the biggest highlights, the food! Im looking forward to India more for the food than anything else :)

Only 2 months to go, cant come soon enough!

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