We new that another worldwonder existed in the Middle East called Petra. But we would never dare travel to the Middle East because it is Sooooooooo dangerous. When we realized that everyone was super nice we decided to take a detour. It was well worth the trip and again everyone we met took great care of us. Even though the US was dropping bombs two hours away in Iraq. More.... 
It is getting close to Christmas and our next stop is on the other side of the Dead Sea. We stopped at Mount Nemo the place that Moses viewed the promise land and then took a swim, I mean a float in the Dead Sea. More... 
- To cross the border to Israel we continue north to Aman, Jordon. You would think the best example of Roman ruins would be in Italy. It turns out that the Roman empire extended into Jordon and the little town of Jeresh has the best Roman ruins we had seen. More...