It was the final day of the visit of our friends from Cambridge. In the morning I took them to Mount Nebo and decided to try a new SatNav program on the way, but it was rather poor. There seems to be no decent satnav app for Jordan, so it is fortunate that I am married to the human GPS.
Mount Nebo
Mount Nebo was very crowded with tourists, probably on religious tours of both Israel and Jordan. Sadly, we were unable to get a good view of the Promised Land, as usual, due to all the dusty haze. We have never had a good view in all our visits to Mount Nebo. In Moses day it would have been a much greener place, so his view must have been much clearer.
Something I had not noticed before was a copy of the Mesha Stone (the original is in Paris), which is an account of wars against Israel written by a Moabite king, called Mesha. It is very interesting to hear it from the other side's perspective.
Amman Traffic
The journey back to Amman took twice as long due to crazy traffic. We dread to think what the traffic will be like in 10 years' time if the population of Amman doubles to 6 million, as some are predicting.
Later on, I telephoned for a taxi to take our friends to the airport at 6pm. Normally, this taxi company is very good at being on time, but at 6.10, I decided to call them to see where the taxi was. A few minutes later, the taxi came speeding down our one-way street in the wrong direction. The taxi company called to check he was there and he looked a bit stressed about it. It is good to find a Jordanian company that takes punctuality seriously, but they may find that it gets harder to keep to time, if Amman traffic continues to increase.
