We had a beach day.
In the evening we went for pizza in the village.
Silke
Mauritius – Flic en Flac
We slept in and Reiner went shopping for bread, eggs and milk. We made ourselves a delicious breakfast and then explored the place. The beach on the Indian Ocean is gorgeous.
To the village center, with many stores, diving schools and restaurants we walked about 30 min. The days are, because it is winter, quite short. Already at 17:45 o’clock is sunset. Daytime high temperature 27 degrees, at night 21 degrees. In the evening we had a curry pan with fresh coconut, lentils, mushrooms and tomatoes.
Silke
Mauritius
After another stopover in Johannesburg ( we have been there before?) we reached Mauritius. More than an hour late, because the plane in Johannesburg still had start problems. The island greeted us with rain! Scheduled buses go only until about 17:00 why we had to take a cab (1500 Mauritius Rupees / 38 euros). Our landlord of Sun Stay Beach Apartment in Flic en Flac, waited for us, showed us the apartment and gave us some tips. We had dinner in a small Indian restaurant on the beach.
Silke
19-07-18 – Dead Sea – Amman – Flight to Cairo
n the morning we enjoyed again extensively the Dead Sea wellness program. Mud and floating!
Then we drove to Amman, where we saw the old Roman Theater and the adjacent Folklore Museum, which displays old costumes and jewelry, among other things. We dropped off our car at 16:00 (this time without a scrape). The 20 JOD for the tire repair the Car-Rent employees did not want to pay us back. With the reason “that was much too expensive at most 5 JOD, We agreed on 10 JOD refund. At 20:40 o’clock our first flight to Cairo started.
Silke
Mount Nebo – Dead Sea
In the morning we visited the Moses Memorial Church, with its beautiful mosaics, on Mount Nebo. From this mountain, according to the Old Testament, Moses saw the Promised Land. Then he had to die. How close we are here to the places from the Bible can be read on a board at the viewpoint. For example, it is only 50 km to Bethlehem! The places can be seen in good visibility.
Since we liked the (mud) bath in the Dead Sea so much, we booked another night at the “Dead Sea Spa Hotel”. This time we ended up on the 4th floor with a nice view of the sea/lake. With about 420 meters below sea level we are at the Dead Sea by the way at the lowest lake on earth. That the air here is “thicker” one notices at the compressed drinking bottles. The sun is not quite as intense behind a haze. As daytime maximum temperature we had 42 degrees and at night 29 degrees.
We did another mud wrap and then a float bath. For the evening I sewed my backpack and Reiner downloaded some music. For dinner we had yogurt with fruits.
Silke
Gerasa or also Jerash
Today we had a day trip to Jerash on the plan. To reach the ancient site we had to meander through the traffic for about 40 km during rush hour around Amman. To our surprise the whole area was prepared for a festival, which probably takes place the next days. The thirty-fourth such event.
Jerash Festival for Culture and Arts 2019
The South and North Theaters have been returned to their former purpose as well as the Oval Plaza and other archaeological sites. Safety regulations do not seem to have been completely revised from the pre-Christian era.
There are an abundance of impressive buildings to visit. The Roman presence before and after Chr. has left clear traces.
Afterwards we went back to the hotel where we had dinner.
Reiner
Dead Sea – Madaba
A nice buffet breakfast awaited us this morning at the Dead Sea Spa Hotel.
After that, we put on another mud wrap and floated in the Dead Sea.
A really funny feeling to be carried by the water like this.
By the way, the water level here is also dropping frighteningly fast. Signs show where the water level was 9 and 14 years ago, namely tens of meters above. After checking out we went to the Hotel Black Iris in Madaba, our new accommodation. We spent the afternoon and evening reading and researching.
Silke
Wadi Rum – Dead Sea
We got up early and enjoyed some more of the quiet and peaceful atmosphere of the desert.
After a breakfast, we went back to the parking lot on the back of the truck (Reiner) and me on the back seat of a Toyota Hilux. There we said goodbye to Johannes and Evita.
However, we met them again at the Dead Sea Spa Hotel, where we stopped in today. We were quite excited to float in the water and we were not disappointed. With no movement at all, you can be carried by the Dead Sea and even read a book while doing so!
The water is very warm, crystal clear and flickers a little. It smells more strongly of the sea than the North Sea and you feel like it has a little more substance. It tastes nasty and burns the eye a lot. I have tested this myself! We also smeared ourselves with sea mud. A scrub that makes the skin nice and soft. But I could not stand it for long, because then it began to “prick”. Well showered off we ate a soup and just chilled .
Silke