Doha Diaries

Now that I'm on a roll... Have I mentioned how much we enjoyed our visit to Jordan over Christmas? As impressive as Amman and Jerash are, as much as we loved Ahhhhhhhhqaba, as amazing as it was to stand on Mt. Nebo and look out on the promised land (well, it was hazy that day), the highlight of the trip for both Glenn and me was definitely Petra . We were told before we left Doha to spend at least two days exploring the site, and I wish we had taken that advice (those who know me will be nodding right now). The day we spent at Petra was both exhilarating and exhausting, and we saw only a fraction of the area. Even if you've never been to Petra, you've probably seen it in the movies--Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Mummy Returns. Nothing--nothing--does it justice, though. There are only two ways into the ancient city (a geographical fact that kept it a bit of an open secret for many years): the one that most people take is through the siq, a winding trail thro...

It's been a little while, I know. Don't know if you missed us. We sure are missing all of you! I hope this backlog blog, or b'log blog, finds you well and keeping all your new year's resolutions. Okay, New Year's is a long time ago. I mean, it's already Easter. New Year's is ancient history. Well, hold on there. Not as ancient as some of the history we caught a glimpse of during our trip to Jordan over Christmas. And that's where I'm going to start this blog, even though, since then, we've also been to India, and I have a trip coming up to Tbilisi, Georgia in a couple of weeks. Not sure whether I'll ever catch up to our adventures, because that trip to Jordan is worthy of at least 2 blogs, maybe 3. At this rate, we'll be back home in Canada before I even get to telling you about the Dead Sea (definitely the low point of the trip, pun intended). So, Jordan, wow! It really was the trip of a lifetime. Our only complaint is that a week was...