Asia
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Day 261 – Madaba to Petra
Road Trip to Petra Today we decided to stick together once more with our new friends from yesterday’s tour. We all had breakfast and then left Pilgrims Guest House after packing our bags. We used the same driver as yesterday (Day 260), who we had negotiated a price of 70 JOD / $143.65 AUD for […]
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Day 258 – Jerash and Ajloun
Jerash Roman Ruins and Ajloun Castle from Amman Today we left our accommodation, Jordan River Hotel to catch a taxi using the Uber App to the North (Tabarbour) Bus Station. The taxi driver dropped us off right in front of the correct bus to Jerash. The mini buses in Jordan don’t typically have a schedule. […]
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Day 260 – Madaba
Holy sites and the Dead Sea Today we left Madaba Hotel after the very average included breakfast. We moved down the road to Pilgrim’s Guest House. Here they actually allowed us to check into a room in the morning, which was really nice. It turned out we were next door to our friend. We woke […]
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Day 257 – Amman
Exploring Amman during Ramadan Today was our first full day to explore Amman! From Jordan River Hotel, the closest attraction was the Amman Citadel. Unfortunately the walk was a constant uphill climb! Amman Citadel The Amman Citadel is included with the Jordan Pass (otherwise I believe the price is 3 JOD / $6.12 AUD per […]
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Day 259 – Amman to Madaba
Getting from Amman to Madaba Just like yesterday (Day 258), we caught an Uber to the North Bus Station from the River Jordan Hotel in Amman. The taxi driver didn’t stop in front of a bus this time, but after asking a bus driver, we were pointed to the correct bus. Once we placed our […]
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Day 256 – Cairo to Amman, JORDAN
Leaving Egypt Today we left Voyage Hotel to start a voyage of our own! A large breakfast, was delivered to our room. After this, we checked out and caught an Uber to the Cairo International Airport. Since we had been here a couple of weeks ago to fly to Luxor (Day 242), we were not […]
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Day 235 – Doha to Alexandria, EGYPT
Today we were leaving Qatar in the morning. As our family friend dropped us off at the airport, we were quite surprised with the amount of differing activities we had done over the last few days. We boarded another Qatar Airways flight bound for Kuwait, as there are no longer direct flights to Egypt due […]
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Day 234 – Doha
Today was our last full day in Doha. We decided to take it easy. We went to a stadium which was used for the 2006 Asian Games. It will be used for the 2022 FIFA World Cup as well. Just a note; there are soccer stadiums being built all over the country, for the 2022 […]
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Day 233 – Doha
Today we went shopping at some shopping center’s (Malls) that were walking distance to our accommodation. As we were leaving the heavens opened up and we got drenched. The roads also didn’t seem to handle the downpour well, which made walking a pain. After a few hours the rain had stopped and we had dried […]
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Day 232 – Doha
Desert Adventures Today we drove 100km south of Doha towards the Inland Sea Beach, which is a popular destination for tourists and locals alike. As we left the city, we could see the landscape changing, with sand replacing buildings the further we drove. We stopped to go on a short camel ride. When I mean […]
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Day 231 – Doha, QATAR
Welcome to the Middle East! We were surprisingly refreshed after the world’s longest flight (at the time of travel) from Auckland, New Zealand to Doha, Qatar which took ~17.5 hours and approximately covered a distance of 14,500 km. This was my first time going to the Middle East and first time flying with Qatar Airways, […]
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Day 178 – Kuala Lumpur
Today is our last day in Malaysia and Asia for now. We had an afternoon flight, so we packed our bags and left them at Hotel Signature International at Pudu. After checking out we had breakfast and then walked to the National Museum of Malaysia (Muzium Negara) which was 2.8 km away. Unfortunately, when we […]
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Day 176-7 – Kuala Lumpur
Exploring KL Feeling a lot better, today so we decided to explore, which unfortunately mean shopping. We walked from Hotel Signature International at Pudu towards the Central Market. The Central Market, is a double story building ideal for souvenirs, and it has clean toilets. After what felt like hours (which it probably was) we walked […]
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