Appreciate the reply, sounds like you had an amazing trip (at quite a unique time too with the conflict bubbling under).
The tour I've provisionally booked onto starts in Amman for a couple of nights, does Petra, Wadi Rum and finishes with a couple of nights at the Dead Sea (I'm probs gonna stay on a day or 2 longer at the end).
Something I've wanted to do for years and never got round to booking it so I was very pleased when I saw the deal departing end of Feb 2023 as knew I could do it then, great to have it finally pencilled in.
Just saw your post
I went to Jordan in 1996,long time ago now i know
travelled around independantly
arrived at Aqaba from Eygpt and returned that way after roughly one week in Jordan
Stayed in Amman and one night at/near Petra ,i forget the small towns name now
Petra is amazing,I remember even back then it was £20 i think to gain admission,if my
memory serves me right, that was a fortune at the time for me as a traveller on a shoestring.
I got around paying that by going in a tai from my cheap hotel with a few other travellers,the taxi drivers drove us
to the back of petra in the desert,and we walked back to the main area,and eventually out when we had finished our
day.
Amman was a great City too,but i have always liked Arab culture,their friendliness and generosity.
I love Morroco,Tunisia ,Eygpyt but i haven't been now for years.
I remember in 1996,Amman was rammed with Iraqi,Iranian refugees,but every where i went i was treated
well.Id love to go back one day for sure.
Edit
I always used lonely planets guides wherever i went,everyone as always been spot on apart from Mexico 1993.
Stopped buying them now as we only go to Thailand,and i buy one about every 10 years to update info etc,but i find them poor compared to years ago