6/26/12
Flight from Houston to London was delayed a bit and it was a long flight. Of course, the airline was not going to bother in putting Leti and I in the same aisle.

The 9 hour to flight to London was a nightmare for my long legs. My legs cramped up so bad I had to stand in the galley for over an hour to get uncramped. I was so tired that after forcing myself to sit down I just knocked out.

Leti sat next to a girl who was already liquored up before we even left the ground. And the drinking continued during the flight thanks to her own liquor stock she brought on the plane, the good thing she just fell asleep, although Leti thinks she was guilty of RGWS (Releasing Gas While Sleeping).

6/27/12
The layover was short in London, thank God!

The flight to Amman had it's own joys. We had a window and middle seat. In the aisle seat, sat a lady with 3 little girls across the aisle. One was a cute little girl, not only literally but because she was quiet. The other 2, OMG, they needed some Nyquil. They were crying and yelling from the start to the end of the flight. My noise canceling headphones didn't help. We survived, bearly.

Immigration and Customs were a breeze.

We picked up an intl' phone and a taxi driver offered to take us to our Hotel. A little hesitant because he had no taxi signs or meter in his car I politely asked him if he was a taxi driver and if he had any ID. He showed me what looked like a bus license and some other ID. We took the chance. He was polite and took us straight to the hotel. Spoke very little English but I had the hotel number so he called and got directions.

I asked about taking us to the border with Israel, he said he could take us there pick us up and take us to the Dead Sea, Petra, Wadi Rum and Aqaba (Red Sea). At the hotel they offered taxi service to the border for less $ than our taxi driver. Before he left I asked if he would match the price, he said he couldn't, so we parted ways.

Crystal Hotel
Hotel was just like it was described on the website. Small modern boutique hotel, we liked it. Room was clean and modern looking, bathroom was nice. Would stay there again. Walked at night around the hotel for a quick bite to eat. We felt safe in the area. While walking through one of the streets we noticed that all the patrons at the restaurants were men. We went up another street and found women in a certain cafe, so we ate there. A lot of the customers that were I this cafe were smoking a sweet smelling tabaco out of what looked like a fancy vase. We learned the smell is sweet because they add fruit and they smoke them through what's called a water pipe.
The food was not something to brag about but we were hungry and just wanted a bite so we could finally sleep on a bed, after 38hrs of only sleeping in small increments and sitting down.

Finally a night of rest.