Day 202 – Jordan

April 25, 2010 – Wadi Musa to Madaba, Jordan

Petra was amazing, but it’s time to continue on - today we’re going to Madaba.

There aren’t any direct buses to Madaba, so we have to catch a minibus to Amman, where we’re dropped off on the side of the highway so we can flag down a city bus to take us to Madaba.

We make it without any problems and then discover that Madaba is apparently a popular place to visit. Eric and I wander the streets with our backpacks to find out that guesthouse after guesthouse is full – there’s no room in the inns!

After some deliberation we finally decide to try the Pilgrim House, a Christian guesthouse attached to St. George’s Church. St. George’s church is famous for housing a floor mosaic of a map of the holy lands and even more importantly, they have space for us!

In the evening we begin to souvenir shopping and at one of the shops we meet Yousef, who just so happens to be good friends with some archaeology professors at McGill, Laurier and U of T. Because we’re Canadian and because of Eric’s Laurier connection, he’s very excited to have us in his store and invites us to share tea with him. He’s a very nice man and this becomes a regular thing for us at the end of each day.